Techie kills wife for refusing joint home loan

November 14, 2012 22:58

Irked over his wife's refusal to be a co-applicant for a home loan, a Delhi-based software engineer flew down to Bengaluru and stabbed her to death after an argument and tried to commit suicide by slashing his veins at Munnekola area, police said.

They said the couple, who got married in 2008, were on the verge of separation. The man had moved to Delhi and found a job there and planned to buy a flat in Whitefield here, for which he wanted his wife to be a co-applicant for a home loan.

On November 12, Siddarth Choudhary flew down from Delhi and tried to persuade wife Ruthi to be a co-applicant, but she refused. A heated argument ensued following which he stabbed her to death and cut his veins with a knife, police said.

The couple's three-year-old daughter and the woman's mother were at home during the time, police said.

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