MUMBAI: A 40-year-old woman was murdered by her husband at Bainganvadi in Govandi on Sunday, as he suspected her of having an extramarital affair. Suryakant Koli, the accused, then slit his own throat after killing his wife and is currently in a critical condition.
Suryakant is an auto driver while his wife, Malamma, was a maid. The couple has three children __ two daughters and a son__ and had been married for over two decades.
At the time of the incident, the couple's daughters, aged 8 and 12 years, were at their hometown in Karnataka, and their son, Chetan (19), was at the decorations firm where he is employed.
According to the police, Suryakant's family stayed on the first-floor of a chawl in Bainganwadi. The ground-floor was occupied by a woman named Rupa Mishra.
The family lived on the first floor of a chawl. On Sunday morning, the woman who lives below them, Rupa Mishra, overheard the couple arguing. Later, she found drops of blood seeping through crevices in the wooden ceiling from the flat above and falling to the ground in her house.
"Mishra called a neighbour and rushed to the Koli residence around 6.30 am. She found Suryakant and Malamma lying unconscious in a pool of blood. Both their necks were slit," a police official said.
The police was informed and the couple was rushed to Sion hospital where Malamma was declared dead and Suryakant was operated upon at the hospital. He hasn't regained consciousness yet.
"We haven't been able to record his statement as he is critical. He has been booked for murder charges and will be arrested when he is discharged from the hospital," an official said. Chetan told the cops that Suryakant had been suspecting Malamma of having an extra-marital affair. The couple had major fights for the past few months due to the same reason.
Malamma's body has been sent to her native place in Karnataka for her last rites, police said. Suryakant has also been booked for 'attempting to commit suicide.'Link: Man murders wife, slits his own throat
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