Suspecting affair with wife, man kills younger brother in Bantwal
Bantwal: In an incident that reportedly occurred on Friday, a man killed his younger brother on the suspicion that he was having an affair with his wife in Taluk’s Bondala Shanthigudde at Panemangaluru.
The victim has been identified as Sunder (30), a resident of Shanthigudde. The accused has been identified as his elder brother Ravi, who has gone into hiding after the crime, the police informed.
The murdered youngster was reportedly unmarried and was staying alone at his residence. His older brother Ravi’s house was nearby and Ravi’s wife used to provide her brother-in-law with food from their house, it is learned.
Ravi used to constantly pick fights with his younger brother suspecting that the latter was having an illegitimate affair with his wife.
Similarly on Friday night, the brothers had fought and Sunder’s screams had been heard in the neighborhood. Hearing the scream, the eldest brother of the duo, Ramesh, who lived in the same area visited their house and saw that Ravi had hit Sunder’s head with an iron rod and the latter was lying in a pool of blood.
The victim breathed his last during the course of treatment, the complaint registered with the police reveals.
The accused Ravi reportedly escaped after the incident and went into hiding. Bantwal City Police visited the site and conducted an inquiry and are further investigating the case.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
