Man comes home drunk, wife beats him to death with ragi rolling pin in Bengaluru

A 32-year-old woman in Bengaluru has confessed to beating her husband to death following an argument after he returned home intoxicated.

The accused, Shruti, confessed on Saturday that she used a wooden cooking stick typically used to make ragi mudde (millet balls) to beat her husband Baskar. The incident took place in Bengaluru's Suddagunte Palya area.

Baskar, 42, had been married to Shruti for 12 years. The couple had two children.

Earlier, Shruti had claimed that her husband died while she was asleep, indicating unnatural death. Based on her statement, police initially registered an Unnatural Death Report (UDR) and sent Baskar’s body for postmortem. However, the postmortem revealed injuries consistent with blunt force trauma.

When confronted with the findings, Shruti confessed to the crime.

Following her confession, Shruti was arrested and has been remanded to judicial custody.

Further investigations are underway.

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