Mangaluru, Feb 10: A pregnant woman was found murdered at Madoor Kacharu area under the limits of Ullal Police Station on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Shobha, wife of Mutthabba Datinala. Hailing from Bagalkot district, the couple had rented a small house in Asiya compound in the area nearly four months ago.
It is learnt that both the husband and wife were alcoholic and they used fight with each other almost every night.
The mutilated body of the woman was first noticed by a passerby who went to urinate in bushes near a bridge.
Even though the dead body was disfigured beyond recognition, the neighbors recognized her thanks to her dress.
The woman had been missing for last three days. When the neighbors enquired her husband, he reportedly told them that she had been to her parents’ house.
After the discovery of dead body, the police arrested her husband who was engaged in coolie work at Kolya. The needle of suspicion pointed towards him after the bloodstains were found on the floor of their house. He reportedly confessed to the crime.
It is believed that the woman lost her life in a clash with her husband under the influence of alcohol three days ago. The husband later took the dead body out of the house and threw it in bushes at a distance of one kilo metre.
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Still the Govt wants new wine stores!!! What a Govt.
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