Man hacks wife to death with wooden log ; arrested

Mangalore Today News Network

Belthangady, Jan 08, 2021:     A  man from Gundibagilu  in Neriya of Belthangady taluk has been arrested on the charges of  hacking his wife to death with a  wooden log in a drunken stupor on January 7, Thursday night.

 

The arrested man is Johnson (47). He has been accused of killing his wife Sowmya Francis (40). The couple were rubber tapping workers and used to frequently engage in quarrel. However, on Thursday night  their quarrel  seemed unending and Johnson in a fit of anger hit his wife with a wooden log.  When she   collapsed, Johnson was terrified and immediately shifted her to a private hospital with the help of locals. However Sowmya  breathed her last before  she was to be shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru for higher treatment. The couple has a  10 year old daughter.

Dharmasthala police have arrested Johnson  on the basis of a complaint lodged by Sowmya’s brother.