Hyderabad: An 18-year-old DJ operator tied up his wife and hanged himself to death in front of her on Sunday. Police said K. Karthik Kumar, 18, a resident of Arundathi colony in Santoshnagar, was living with his wife in a single room. He was working for a local music system supplier as a DJ mixer and operator. “He brought home a phone on March 15 saying that it belonged to his friend. After using it for a month he sold it for Rs 5,500 to his aunt, Durga Devi. However, on Friday, the police came to Durga Devi saying that there was a complaint that the phone was stolen. She, along with her husband Chennaiah and two cops from Kanchanbagh police station reached Karthik’s place and took him to the police station. He returned in the afternoon and told his wife that the cops would come for him at 5 pm. But they did not come,” said SI K. Ravi.
“On Sunday he returned from work and his wife told him to give the phone to its owner. Karthik then tied her up and as she was watching hanged himself on the ceiling fan with a scarf,” the SI added. Police said the woman raised an alarm and their neighbour Chary rushed in. “It is not clear whether he committed suicide or was trying to frighten his wife,” the SI said, adding a probe is on.
the phone episode.The police registered a case under Section 174 (suspicious death) of CrPC (code of criminal procedure).
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