Overview

• On May 27 in Maruthi Nagar, Bengaluru Rural district, 48-year-old welder Basavachari bludgeoned his 36-year-old wife Suma with a metal dumbbell before dying by suicide
• Their 14-year-old son discovered Suma’s bloodied body on the bedroom bed and his father hanging in the hall around 1:30 pm after returning from school
• Investigators found the dumbbell used in the attack beside Suma amid blood splatter and are treating the case as a bludgeoning-suicide
• In a separate incident that day in Chikkamagaluru district, 32-year-old Avinash allegedly stabbed his 26-year-old wife Keerthi more than ten times during a domestic quarrel
• Police have registered murder cases in both districts, launched a manhunt for Avinash and are probing whether disputes over a property site triggered the violence