Overview
- Police say the killing occurred on December 24 inside the family’s Nallakunta/Tilak Nagar home during a domestic dispute.
- Investigators report that K Venkatesh doused his wife, Triveni, with petrol and set her on fire, then allegedly pushed their six-year-old daughter toward the flames.
- Neighbours rushed the victims to Gandhi Hospital, where Triveni was declared dead on arrival and the child was treated for minor burns.
- Nallakunta police arrested Venkatesh within about 12 hours and booked him under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 103(1) based on a complaint by the victim’s father; he is being sent to judicial remand.
- Family and police accounts describe years of harassment over suspected infidelity, and officers are continuing the investigation, including CCTV checks, after the post-mortem and body handover.