Suspicious husband stabs wife to death

Hyderabad: Suspecting his wife’s fidelity, a car driver allegedly stabbed her to death at their house in Pahadesharif on Tuesday.

The victim, Varalakhsmi, 26, fell in love with cab driver Nagaraju and had married him two years ago, police said.

“During the past few months, the marital relationship strained as Nagaraju suspected that his wife was close to other men. He started physically and mentally torturing her,” Pahadesharif inspector S Vishnu Vardhan Reddy said.

Family members of Nagaraju and Varalakshmi counselled them four times, hoping to iron out their problems. On Monday night, Nagaraju had an argument with Varalakshmi again on the issue. On Tuesday morning, neighbours noticed the main door of the house was latched from outside.

“Varalakshmi normally would get up early in the morning to do household chores. As she did not come out of the house, neighbours became suspicious. They alerted Varalakshmi’s parents, who live nearby,” the inspector said. Family members of Varalakshmi opened the door in the presence of neighbours and found her lying dead in a pool of blood on the floor. “Nagaraju killed her by stabbing her in the throat,” the inspector said. Police formed special teams to nab Nagaraju and a murder case was registered under Section 302 of the IPC.


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