<p>A man slit his mother-in-law’s throat in her house in KP Agrahara on Saturday.<br />The deceased was identified as Ratnamma, 45. Ravi Kumar, the accused, is at large and the police are searching for him.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ratnamma hailed from Ollamballa in Malavalli taluk in Mandya district and was married to Suresh. <br /><br />She parted ways with him after he took to alcohol and moved to City. She was employed at a garment factory and lived alone.<br /><br />Ratnamma’s daughter Chaitra was married to Ravi Kumar about five years ago. The couple lived in Ravi Kumar’s native and had a daughter. <br /><br />Ravi Kumar and Chaitra were not on good terms and he was harassing her over petty issues. Ratnamma had intervened several times, but had failed to ensure a compromise.<br /><br />Ravi Kumar went to Ratnamma’s house on Friday night and picked a quarrel over her daughter’s behaviour. Chaitra had left him and he blamed Ratnamma for instigating her daughter against him.<br /><br />He came back the next day and knocked on Ratnamma’s door around 5 am. He barged into the house when she opened the door and attacked her with a knife. He slit her throat and bludgeoned her.<br /><br />When Ratnamma raised an alarm, a few neighbours rushed to her help. Seeing the neighbours, Ravi Kumar ran away, said the police.<br /><br />Ratnamma was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. <br /> </p>
<p>A man slit his mother-in-law’s throat in her house in KP Agrahara on Saturday.<br />The deceased was identified as Ratnamma, 45. Ravi Kumar, the accused, is at large and the police are searching for him.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ratnamma hailed from Ollamballa in Malavalli taluk in Mandya district and was married to Suresh. <br /><br />She parted ways with him after he took to alcohol and moved to City. She was employed at a garment factory and lived alone.<br /><br />Ratnamma’s daughter Chaitra was married to Ravi Kumar about five years ago. The couple lived in Ravi Kumar’s native and had a daughter. <br /><br />Ravi Kumar and Chaitra were not on good terms and he was harassing her over petty issues. Ratnamma had intervened several times, but had failed to ensure a compromise.<br /><br />Ravi Kumar went to Ratnamma’s house on Friday night and picked a quarrel over her daughter’s behaviour. Chaitra had left him and he blamed Ratnamma for instigating her daughter against him.<br /><br />He came back the next day and knocked on Ratnamma’s door around 5 am. He barged into the house when she opened the door and attacked her with a knife. He slit her throat and bludgeoned her.<br /><br />When Ratnamma raised an alarm, a few neighbours rushed to her help. Seeing the neighbours, Ravi Kumar ran away, said the police.<br /><br />Ratnamma was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. <br /> </p>
