Bengaluru: Wife bludgeons businessman to death in Harokyatanahalli, surrenders before police

BENGALURU: A 37-year-old woman allegedly bludgeoned her husband to death at their house in Harokyatanahalli on Sunday night.
Nethra arrived at nearby Madanayakanahalli station, off Tumakuru Road, at midnight and told police she had killed Palar Swamy aka Swamy Raj, 50.
Raj, a real estate businessman, was sexually harassing her and she killed him as things turned unbearable, she claimed.Police immediately arrested Nethra, even as a team rushed to her house.
However, Basavaraju M, father of Raj, lodged a complaint with police, alleging that Nethra wanted to grab all the property earned by him and his son. According to him, Raj married TR Satyakumari 25 years ago and they had two children, including a daughter. Later he got acquainted with Nethra, a beautician, and married her six years ago.
“My son used to visit me and complain about Nethra. She was harassing him for the last one year. Raj came to my house at 9.30am and complained about some health issues and left. I called him at 11pm, but he did not respond. I rushed to his residence and found my son lying in a pool of blood. He had severe head injuries. Nethra was holding an iron rod and fled the spot soon after I entered the house,” Basavaraju stated in his complaint.
Satyakumari alleged that Nethra murdered Raj to take possession of his property.
Raj had developed a layout in two acres belonging to Nagesh in Harokyatanahalli. Later, he returned the property to Nagesh keeping six sites with him. Three years ago, Raj built a posh house in these sites and lived there with Nethra. tnn