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Bengaluru: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her lover in eastern Bengaluru, police officials said on Sunday.
Renuka, a resident of Pillanna Garden in KG Halli, was said to be in a relationship with Kutti, 43, who works at a finance firm and lives nearby. They became close after Renuka divorced her husband.
Renuka, who worked as a house help, had been urging him to marry her so their relationship could be made public. But Kutti refused.
On October 31, Kutti called Renuka as she was returning from work and asked her to meet him near a government school in Pillanna Garden.
During the meeting, they argued about marriage, and in a fit of rage, Kutti pulled out a knife and stabbed Renuka as passersby watched, before fleeing. She later died in hospital.
The jurisdictional KG Halli police have registered a case of murder and arrested Kutti.