Police arrested a man for killing his wife and trying to transport his wife’s body near Rama Mandira Road in Rajajinagar on Wednesday.
The suspect has been identified as Hiren, was employed in a private company.
It has been reported that he was staying with his wife Preethi (28) and a 16-year-old son in an apartment in Rajajinagar.
According to the police, Hiren would quarrel with his wife everyday suspecting her fidelity.
On Wednesday afternoon, he again picked up a fight with her and in a fit of rage, he slit her throat. After his son returned home from college around 4.30, he told him about the murder. He told his son that he would be abandoned if he goes to jail. The confused son then followed his father.
While the duo were trying to transport her body, the neighbours were alerted and police were called to intervene.
Further probe is on.
(PTI)
