Woman arrested for murdering her husband

A woman murdered her husband by attacking him with a sickle at Navoor in Bantwal taluk.

The accused is Umavathi (50) and the victim is Sesappa Poojary (60).

According to the police, Sesappa Poojary in an inebriated condition had entered into a quarrel with Umavathi on March 3. When he assaulted her, in a fit of rage, Umavathi assaulted him with a sickle on his forehead. The injury remained untreated.

Owing to excessive bleeding, he died on Friday night. Following a complaint by the victim’s daughter, Nayana, the Bantwal Rural Police have registered a case and arrested the woman.