Man kills 2 daughters as wife elopes with paramour in Karnataka

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), June 30

A man was arrested for killing his daughters after his wife eloped with her paramour in this district, police said on Thursday.

Lakshmikantha, 34, a resident of Bhovi Galli in Bamboo Bazar of Kalaburagi, was an auto driver by profession.

According to police, the couple had four children together. His wife, Anjali, had eloped with her paramour four months ago.

The accused suffered from severe mental trauma and got into an agitated mindset since then. He also took to alcohol.

After the woman eloped, the children lived at their grandmother’s place.

On Tuesday, Lakshmikantha went to meet his children and took two of them – Soni, 10, and Mayuri, 8, to a park in the limits of MB Nagar police station and smothered them to death in his vehicle.

Investigation revealed that the accused had dumped the bodies of his daughters under the back seat of his auto.

Police said that many people had travelled in his auto not having any idea of two bodies beneath their seat.

He roamed all over the city till Wednesday afternoon and later turned himself in to the police. 

Further investigation was on. IANS