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Hyderabad: Woman kills hubby, arrested

Police said Venkatesh forcibly took Rs 500 from Durga on Wednesday and returned home drunk at around 8pm.

Hyderabad: A woman who murdered her husband allegedly due to harassment two days ago was arrested by the police on Friday. The accused was identified as Devalapally Durga Kala, 36, and her husband, Devlapally Venkatesh, 45, a labourer. They lived in of Saroornagar.

Police said Venkatesh forcibly took Rs 500 from Durga on Wednesday and returned home drunk at around 8pm. He asked for another Rs 5,000 from her, which she refused. Incensed, he beat up and abused her. He brandished a vegetable cutter and threatened to kill their two children if she didn’t give him the money.

This outraged Durga. She hit him with a chapatti roller and then snatched the vegetable cutter from his hand and stabbed him with it repeatedly till he collapsed.

LB Nagar DCP M. Venkateshwar Rao later said that the police department would look after the needs of the couple’s children till their mother’s release or anybody from the relatives comes forward to take their responsibility.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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