The duo suffered severe injuries on the head, back of their heads, arms and shoulders from a butcher's knife yielded by Hameed, and had been battling for their lives since the attack.
After the unprovoked brutal attack on the two women, Hameed then locked himself in a room and hung himself by a saree on Friday night, when the other male members of the house had been to offer special Ramadan prayers.
Hameed had been employed in a super-market in Mangalore, and had complained of sharp pain in his chest on Friday afternoon, following which he began behaving like a mentally unstable person. Informed about the same, his brother Abdul Khader arrived at Mangalore and took him to a hospital, before returning to their home at Kodaje-Panthadka of Bantwal taluk, when the assault took place.
At night, when Mariamma sought Hameed in the house to counsel him about his behaviour, he began assaulting her with the knife without provocation, and proceeded to assault his wife, before committing suicide.
Hearing their cries, the locals arrived and rushed them to a local hospital.
District Assistant Superintendent of Police Shivakumar, Bantwal Circle Inspector Anil S Kulkarni, Vittla police station inspector Madhava Kudlu visited the spot and the hospital and conducted investigation.
Condolence
Zilla panchayat member M S Mohammed, KPCC labourer wing state secretary Haneef Baggumoole, gram panchayat member Abbas N and Shridhar Rai visited the hospital and offered their condolences.
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