Bengaluru: A 32-year-old girl has been stabbed to dying by her husband in entrance of her teenage daughter at a bus stand right here, police stated on Tuesday.
The couple received married solely three months in the past and that is second marriage for each of them, a police officer stated, citing preliminary investigation.
The incident occurred in full public view on the Sunkadakatte bus stand right here on Monday morning, they stated.
The bystanders tried to cease Lohitashwa (35), however he brandished the knife at them and fled the spot after allegedly stabbing Rekha a number of occasions in her chest and abdomen, police stated.
She succumbed to accidents on the spot, and her daughter is the witness to the crime, they added.
Citing preliminary investigation, a senior police officer stated that the couple had married simply three months in the past. This was a second marriage for each of them. Whereas Rekha labored at a name centre, Lohitashwa labored as a cab driver. They met via mutual mates and after a 12 months and a half of courtship, they received married.
Marital discord is suspected to be the motive behind the offence, he stated.
The couple have been staying at a rented home close to Sunkadakatte, and her elder daughter from the primary marriage lived with them whereas her youthful daughter stayed with Rekha’s mother and father.
The couple quarreled steadily since their marriage, and on the day of the incident too, that they had a heated argument following which Rekha alongside along with her 13-year-old daughter left for the bus stand. He rushed to the spot and began quarreling. When her daughter intervened, he took out a knife and stabbed her to dying, the officer stated.
A homicide case has been registered on the Kamakshipalya police station, police stated, including that efforts are being taken to nab the suspect, who’s at massive.
This article is disturbingly graphic and hard to read, especially the details about the family tragedy. Its a stark reminder of how quickly things can spiral out of control.