Husband Sentenced to Life for Killing Wife in Bayyaram

 Warangal: The District Court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the gruesome murder of his wife and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 here in Mahbubabad district on Thursday.

The convict, identified as Kondabathula Naresh, 28, was found guilty of killing his 20-year-old wife, Saritha, after deceiving her under the pretext of a hospital visit.

According to the prosecution, the victim’s mother Janjirala Venkatamma had earlier filed a complaint stating that Naresh frequently harassed and physically abused Saritha due to his unfounded suspicions about her character. Due to this domestic violence, Saritha was living at her parents’ home with her two children.

On February 15, 2021, Naresh reached his in-laws’ house and convinced them that he was taking Saritha and their younger daughter to a hospital for treatment. Instead of going to the hospital, he drove them to the outskirts of Namalapadu village in Bayyaram mandal. Midway, he dropped his daughter at a place and took his wife to an isolated place where he attacked and murdered Saritha with a knife. After the murder, he picked up his daughter midway and left.

The Bayyaram police, initially led by the sub-inspector and later supervised by the circle inspector, conducted a thorough investigation and filed a comprehensive chargesheet with scientific evidence.

Mahbubabad district SP G. Shabarish commended the police team for their meticulous work in ensuring justice and thanked the judiciary for the landmark verdict.