Anantapur: In a bizarre incident, a woman attacked her lover's wife and slit her throat, at Erranela Kottala in Anantapur on Sunday. The victim, B Maheswari, has a one-year-old son and is five months pregnant with another child. She was badly injured and had to have 32 stitches to her throat and is battling for life.
Police said V. Srinivas, a labourer living in Erranela Kottala had an affair with Reshma who lived in the same colony. However, he married B. Maheswari and the couple had a son.
Reshma, according to the police, wanted the affair to continue.
She told Maheswari to leave Srinivas and threatened her several times over the phone. Maheswari warned her to keep away from them.
Thinking she could eliminate the wife, Reshma barged into Srinivas’ house on Sunday when he was not there, carrying a sharp blade with which she attacked Maheswari and slit her throat.
Neighbours took the injured woman to hospital and contacted Srinivas by phone. Doctors at the hospital said Maheswari required 32 stitches.
The police have registered a case against Reshma based on Maheswari’s statement and have arrested her.
