Relatives of a government officer complained to the police that he was killed by his wife and her brother in Belagavi on Thursday.
Ashok Mannikeri, 45, Tahsildar grade two, died on Thursday morning. His wife Bhoomi and her brother J. Samuel said they had admitted him to the hospital after he complained of chest pain. He died in the hospital.
The sisters of the deceased complained that Ms. Bhoomi, her brother, and their accomplices had killed him. However, Ms. Bhoomi has denied the allegations.