‘Angry’ over her 2nd marriage, ex-husband murders Hyderabad techie inside her home: police

According to police, Mahesh allegedly followed Sunitha to find out where she was living after marriage and recced the area. At around noon on Wednesday, he allegedly barged into her house when she was alone and attacked her with knives, stabbing her several times. When she fell down, he allegedly bludgeoned her to death with a flowerpot.

Inspector T Mahesh of the Vanasthalipuram police station told The Indian Express that the accused had allegedly been planning the attack for months.

“Angry that his ex-wife had married again, the culprit had been planning to kill her since last month, and as per the plan, on February 18, went to the deceased’s house and attacked her with a knife and killed her. It was an extremely brutal attack… A can of petrol was found in the flat, which was left behind by Mahesh. We think he had come prepared to set the victim and the flat on fire. He ran away, fearing police as several residents had gathered after hearing her screams and called police,” Mahesh said.

The accused was taken into custody from nearby.