<p>A youth has been found guilty of murdering his wife by inflicting snake bites in Kerala's Kollam district.</p>.<p>Uthara, 25, a native of Anchal in the suburbs of the district, was found dead in her house after suffering snake bites on May 7, 2020.</p>.<p>Police investigation found that her husband, Sooraj, 27, used a snake to murder Uthara, who had some deformities, with the intention of grabbing her wealth.</p>.<p>An additional sessions court in Kollam on Monday found him guilty. The sentence will be pronounced on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The case was considered as the first murder in Kerala in which a snake was used. Uthra had survived a similar attempt by Sooraj earlier. While a viper was used initially, a cobra was used in the second attempt. Her family became suspicious over the death and hence sought a police investigation.</p>.<p>Suresh, who supplied snakes to Sooraj, was initially made an accused in the case. But since he was found to be unaware of the murder plan, he was made a prime witness.</p>.<p>As part of gathering evidence, the investigation team also recreated the murder using a live snake and dummy of the victim to find the pattern of the snake bites. It was done with the help of forest officials. A postmortem examination of the cobra used for the killing was also conducted as part of the investigation.</p>.<p>As many as 87 witnesses, 288 documentary evidence and 40 material evidences were produced by the prosecution. A police team led by SP S Harishankar investigated the case.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>A youth has been found guilty of murdering his wife by inflicting snake bites in Kerala's Kollam district.</p>.<p>Uthara, 25, a native of Anchal in the suburbs of the district, was found dead in her house after suffering snake bites on May 7, 2020.</p>.<p>Police investigation found that her husband, Sooraj, 27, used a snake to murder Uthara, who had some deformities, with the intention of grabbing her wealth.</p>.<p>An additional sessions court in Kollam on Monday found him guilty. The sentence will be pronounced on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The case was considered as the first murder in Kerala in which a snake was used. Uthra had survived a similar attempt by Sooraj earlier. While a viper was used initially, a cobra was used in the second attempt. Her family became suspicious over the death and hence sought a police investigation.</p>.<p>Suresh, who supplied snakes to Sooraj, was initially made an accused in the case. But since he was found to be unaware of the murder plan, he was made a prime witness.</p>.<p>As part of gathering evidence, the investigation team also recreated the murder using a live snake and dummy of the victim to find the pattern of the snake bites. It was done with the help of forest officials. A postmortem examination of the cobra used for the killing was also conducted as part of the investigation.</p>.<p>As many as 87 witnesses, 288 documentary evidence and 40 material evidences were produced by the prosecution. A police team led by SP S Harishankar investigated the case.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
