Bangalore: Polytechnic lecturer hacks wife to death for studying MTech

Bangalore, October 24: A polytechnic lecturer hacked his wife to death in a fit of rage after she declined to give in to his wish and discontinue her postgraduate education. The incident occurred at Manjunathnagar in Basaveshwarnagar on October 21.

The Basaveshwarnagar police have arrested Santosh Kumar (32), a lecturer with the electronics department of Nadgir Polytechnic in Rajajinagar. The deceased, Preetha (28), was a third semester M?Tech student of BMS?College in Basavanagudi.

Preetha's parents have donated her heart, eyes, liver and kidneys. The body was taken for burial to Arige village in?Shimoga district, her native place. “My sister wanted to complete her postgraduation, but her husband opposed it.?They used to quarrel frequently. He murdered my sister as she did not yield to his pressure,” Preetha's brother Praveen said.Santosh is from Bookasandra village in the Kadur taluk of Chikmagalur.

Preetha had completed her BTech from Shimoga. She joined the MTech programme at BMS College in Bangalore and lived with a relative at Dasarahalli.

Santosh and Preetha were married on February 7, 2013, in Shimoga. The couple rented a first floor apartment at Manjunathnagar. The owner lived in the second floor, the police said.

Santosh was opposed to Preetha pursuing her postgraduation. He instead wanted her to discontinue studies and stay at home. But Preetha was firm on completing her MTech. The couple were at loggerheads over the issue, the police said.

Santosh allegedly asked Preetha to stay back on the evening of October 21. When Preetha declined to oblige, an irked Santosh hit her on the head three times with a machete. A heavily bleeding Preetha collapsed. Neither the landlord nor another tenant were present at the time of the incident. Even the other neighbours did not intervene, said the police. Santosh calmed down soon. He admitted Preetha to Columbia Aisa Hospital at Yeshwanthpur, where doctors declared her brain dead. Santosh confessed to the doctors that he had attacked his wife. Preetha was shifted to the ICU, said the police.

Doctors, however, failed to revive her. Preetha died at 10:15 pm on Tuesday. Based on Praveen's complaint, the police arrested Santosh at Modi Road on Wednesday.

A judge remanded him in judicial custody, said the police.

Santosh's colleagues said he had joined the polytechnic in July last year.

But he did not come to work for the last two months citing personal reasons.

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JD(S) leader G T Devegowda backs CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA row, taunts HDK

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October 4,2024

Mysuru: Chairman of JD(S) core committee and Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Devegowda on Thursday expressed his solidarity with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah saying the latter need not resign, while lambasting leaders of his own party and alliance partner BJP, including Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

In his speech during Mysuru Dasara inauguration he said that if persons against whom FIR is registered have to resign, many leaders from all the three parties, including Opposition Leader R Ashoka, will have to resign.

“All are sitting in glass houses... Since I know Siddaramaiah well, I am talking about him. At a time when mines and real estate are ruling politics, Siddaramaiah has survived in politics. He has never done any favour,” Devegowda said.

He added, “Allegations against Siddaramaiah are unexpected and accidental. If the Governor and Chief Justice order an investigation, it does not mean that he should resign."

He continued, asking, "Have they told Siddaramaiah to resign or have they asked to imprison him? When a person becomes a Central minister, he or she should realise their dignity and responsibility. Instead of recognising the good work done by Siddaramaiah, they ask him to resign. Will Kumarswamy (facing an FIR) resign? Should Siddaramaiah, who has become CM with a support of 135 MLAs, resign?"

"Opposition leaders are not remembering the good work of earlier CMs Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde, H D Deve Gowda or S M Krishna. Karnataka is a model state. It is a bad trend to topple an elected government which is doing good work,” he further said.

Devegowda added, “Siddaramaiah is Goddess Chamundeshwari’s ‘Varaputra’ and hence has her blessings during tough times. He won the election in Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, when the BJP-JD(S) government was in power in 2006. With the blessings of the Goddess, he has held varied positions right from becoming an MLA for the first time in 1983. He presented 15 budgets and has become CM for a second time. He took H C Mahadevappa, a Dalit leader to the state level. Siddaramaiah has the support of Deputy CM D K Shivakumar as ‘Jodeththu’. Blessings of the beneficiaries of guarantee schemes are with him (Siddaramaiah).”

Siddaramaiah said, “Devegowda was a MUDA member. He knows the truth. Hence, he is saying this. His words have filled strength in me. ‘Satyameva Jayate’, Truth will always triumph.”

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