Woman suspected in bid on husband's life

By HM Chaithanya Swamy | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

A recently-married woman is suspected to have made an unsuccessful bid to kill her husband by hiring a gang.

The accused Sindhu, a native of a native of KGF in Kolar, had married Manjunatha Reddy, 30, six months ago. Reddy was attacked by a six-member gang in Alanayakanahalli under the limits of HSR Layout police station around 8.30 pm on Monday. He was assaulted in his provision store. The gang, who attacked Manjunatha with machetes, fled before Narayana could come to the rescue.

Manjunatha was first treated at Apollo Hospital before being shifted to another hospital in Kolar.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Manjunatha and Sindhu got married after falling in love with each other. The police suspect that Sindhu wanted to kill Manjunatha as she allegedly had an extra-marital affair. The victim’s brother Narayana told police that Sindhu could not stand Manjunatha staying for more than an hour in the daytime. Family members accused that Sindhu arranged contract killers to murder Manjunatha. This is second attack on Manjunatha’s life, police said