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Bengaluru: A 48-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife with a metal dumbbell over a domestic row and then killed himself on the outskirts of Bengaluru, police officials said on Wednesday.
Police identified the deceased as Basavachari, 48, a welder and his wife, Suma, 36, a homemaker. They stayed in a house in Maruthi Nagar in Vijayapura Town in Bengaluru Rural district.
According to the police, at around 1.30 pm on May 27, the couple's 14-year-old son found the bodies when he returned home from school. He has a younger 12-year-old brother, police said.
Investigations revealed that Suma’s body was found inside the bedroom on the cot with injuries to her head. There were blood splatters on the bed sheet, floor and wall, police said, adding that the dumbbell allegedly used to hit the woman was also on the bed.
Basavachari’s body was discovered hanging from a ceiling fan in the hall. Police suspect that when the children went to school at 9 am, the couple, who quarrelled frequently over domestic issues, fought again and in a fit of rage, Basavachari hit Suma with the dumbbell, and once he realised that she had died, he killed himself.
According to the police, the son claimed that the couple quarrelled over some issues related to a site. Further probe has been initiated. Basavachari married Suma from Hassan 16 years ago. They had two children and resided in their self-owned house in Maruthi Nagar. Basavachari operated a welding shop near his house, the police said.