Hyderabad: A 35-year-old private employee was murdered by his third wife’s family for harassing her. Amberpet police said Pratikantam Srinivas, was attacked by a cricket bat by his brother-in-law C. Pushparaj on Monday night and died on Tuesday.
Police said that following a search for the educational certificates of Monika, the third wife, her family members went to Srinivas’ house and abused him for ruining their daughter’s life. Srinivas followed them to Monika's maternal house and continued the quarrel, when the attack took place.
Police said Srinivas’ first wife P. Varalakshmi died in 2019. He married P. Divya that year, and they are still together. He married Monika after a love affair in the presence of Divya. All three were staying together.
