Karnataka: Man held for killing wife, passing it off as accident

CHAMARAJANAGAR: Chamarajnagar police have unravelled the truth behind the death of a woman, who was found in a well under mysterious circumstances about three months ago.
Establishing this as a murder, police have arrested her husband for the crime. Five others involved in the crime are absconding.
When Hajira Banu was found dead in a well at Nagavalli village in Chamarajnagar taluk on April 20, her family members had claimed that she had accidentally drowned. But after a probe, police discovered that it is a case of murder. They had acted on the tip-off by the children of Hajira, according to which their father Abdul Habeeb is the culprit.
The last rites of the deceased woman were performed at the village, after which her children went to their maternal grandfather’s home. Police said that the children revealed that their mother was in fact murdered by Abdul and his family members who also dumped the body into the well.
Following a complaint filed by Hajira’s father and based on the account of eye-witnesses, police cracked this case. They exhumed the body and conducted an autopsy.
Chamarajnagar SP H D Anand Kumar on Sunday said that they have arrested Abdul on charges of killing his wife.
“During interrogation, police found that the couple was not in good terms, and this could be the reason for the crime,” the SP said, adding that they have launched a manhunt for the other five accused.