A 32-year-old man allegedly killed his wife in front of his minor children before attempting to end his life over a domestic row at their house in Abbannapalya in Attibele on Monday.
According to the police, Sampath Keshav, a private firm employee, was a chronic alcoholic. He slit the throat of his wife Lavanya, 30, with a kitchen knife while she was sleeping. One of their minor sons who woke up at the time also sustained minor injuries when he intervened.
The accused then walked out of the house and collapsed on the drain outside his house. Neighbours who noticed this rushed to help only to find Lavanya lying dead in a pool of blood and the child crying inconsolably.
