Chikkamagaluru: Man kills wife with cyanide-laced food over extra-marital affair, arrested
Chikkamagaluru, Dec 13: A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly poisoning his wife to death by mixing cyanide in her food in this district, police said on Wednesday.
Shweta (30) was married to Darshan for over seven years and the couple had a four-year-old son. Darshan is a lab technician and owns diagnostic centres in Bengaluru, they said.
The couple lived in Bengaluru and had come to their native village in Devarunda in Chikkamagaluru district three days ago. They shared a strained relationship ever since she discovered about his extra-marital affair which led to frequent quarrels between them, police said.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to having killed his wife by poisoning her food with cyanide, a senior police officer said.
Early on Monday, Darshan's brother informed Shweta's family about her death due to a heart attack. When her family reached Darshan's house, they found minor injury marks on Shweta's body and suspected that a quarrel between Darshan and Shweta on Sunday night might have led to her death, he said.
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The woman's family filed a complaint with the police alleging that their daughter was poisoned to death by her husband. They also shared the audio clip of Shweta in which she was heard requesting the other woman to not get involved with her husband, he added.
The post-mortem report of the deceased revealed the presence of poison in her intestine. The audio clip and autopsy report raised further suspicions on Darshan and during sustained questioning, he confessed to the investigators about killing his wife by mixing cyanide in her food, the officer said.
"A murder case was filed, and Darshan was apprehended on Tuesday evening. According to his admission, he added cyanide to her food. However, we are still awaiting the forensic experts' report to determine the specific chemical he used to cause her death," he added.
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Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to nearly 700
Bangkok, Mar 29 (AP): The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has jumped to nearly 700, according to the government.
State-run television MRTV reported that 694 people have now been found dead and another 1,670 injured, according to a statement from the military-led government. The same figures were also reported by the independent news site The Irrawaddy.
The earthquake struck midday Friday with an epicentre not far from Mandalay, Myanmar's second biggest city, sending buildings in many areas toppling to the ground and causing other widespread damage.
Myanmar is in the throes of a prolonged and bloody civil war, which is already responsible for a massive humanitarian crisis. It makes movement around the country both difficult and dangerous, complicating relief efforts.
The head of Myanmar's military government, Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, said in a rare television broadcast Friday that the death toll was expected to rise as he reported an initial 144 people found dead.
The earthquake also shook neighboring Thailand, killing six people and injuring 22 at three construction sites, including one where a partially built high-rise collapsed.
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