<p>The city police have arrested four people, including an employee of a private company, who offered Rs 15 lakh to get his wife murdered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The suspects are Narendra Babu (38), the husband, and his associates Chinnaswamy, a vegetable vendor; Abhilash, a cloth merchant; and Sridhar, an autorickshaw driver, all residents of Vyalikaval.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the police, three of the suspects were waiting in an autorickshaw near Vinayaka circle at Malleswaram around 4 am on Wednesday. The Vyalikaval beat police, who were on rounds, grew suspicious. On recovering chilli powder and lethal weapons from inside the auto, the police suspected them to be dacoits and picked them up for questioning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During interrogation, they confessed that they were waiting at the spot to kill Babu's wife, Vinutha, while she was on her morning walk. They also told the police that Babu had paid them Rs 2 lakh in advance to get his wife killed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on this information, the police arrested Babu, who also confessed to his involvement in the crime.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Babu told the police that his estranged wife was creating trouble for him as well as his parents. She, along with a man named Govindaraju from Hesaraghatta, had filed complaints against him, and so he wanted to eliminate her, the police quoted Babu as saying.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Vyalikaval police have registered a case. </p>
<p>The city police have arrested four people, including an employee of a private company, who offered Rs 15 lakh to get his wife murdered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The suspects are Narendra Babu (38), the husband, and his associates Chinnaswamy, a vegetable vendor; Abhilash, a cloth merchant; and Sridhar, an autorickshaw driver, all residents of Vyalikaval.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the police, three of the suspects were waiting in an autorickshaw near Vinayaka circle at Malleswaram around 4 am on Wednesday. The Vyalikaval beat police, who were on rounds, grew suspicious. On recovering chilli powder and lethal weapons from inside the auto, the police suspected them to be dacoits and picked them up for questioning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During interrogation, they confessed that they were waiting at the spot to kill Babu's wife, Vinutha, while she was on her morning walk. They also told the police that Babu had paid them Rs 2 lakh in advance to get his wife killed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on this information, the police arrested Babu, who also confessed to his involvement in the crime.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Babu told the police that his estranged wife was creating trouble for him as well as his parents. She, along with a man named Govindaraju from Hesaraghatta, had filed complaints against him, and so he wanted to eliminate her, the police quoted Babu as saying.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Vyalikaval police have registered a case. </p>