HYDERABAD: Unable to put up with the daily harassment by her
husband
, a housewife allegedly bludgeoned him to death at Keesara on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Shyam, 25, a watchman from Nagaram in Keesara.
Shyam along with his wife Saroja and their three-year-old daughter was staying in the shed on a 1,600 square yard plot for the past three years.
“Shyam was working as a watchman of the plot owned by K Dasarath, a businessman. On Sunday morning, Srinivas Reddy, president of Babuji Nagar Colony in Keesara, called Dasarath and informed about the death of Shyam,” Keesara inspector J
Narender Goud
said.
Police rushed to the spot and found Shyam lying dead on the floor of the house. “Saroja said Shyam used to beat her up every night in an inebriated condition. On Saturday night, he came home drunk and started beating her and her daughter. Saroja picked up a pestle and hit him on the head,” the inspector said.
Police registered a murder case and shifted the body for post-mortem.
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