Overview

• Police allege that on June 24 in Kadashettihalli village, Sumangala incapacitated her husband Shankaramurthy with chilli powder before beating him with a wooden club and pressing her foot on his neck.
• Investigators say Sumangala and her lover Nagaraju then wrapped the 50-year-old’s body in a gunny sack and dumped it in a well about 30 kilometres away under Dandanishivara police station jurisdiction.
• The case emerged when a missing-person report filed at Nonavinakere police station led officers to discover chilli powder stains and signs of a violent struggle at the victim’s farmhouse.
• Analysis of Sumangala’s mobile call-detail records and sustained interrogation prompted her to confess on June 28, leading to the arrest of both suspects.
• Police have registered a murder case and are expanding forensic analyses and technical reviews to verify the confession and uncover any additional accomplices.