Scolded for not preparing good curry, wife kills self

Bengaluru | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

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BENGALURU: A 41-year-old homemaker set herself ablaze on Thursday after her husband scolded her for not making tasty curry DJ Halli police arrested hair stylist Nagaraj for abetting the suicide of his wife, Jayalakshmi. Hailing from Raichur in North Karnataka, Nagaraj and Jayalakshmi settled down in Bengaluru in 2008; Nagaraj ran a hair saloon at Shampura, DJ Halli. They have two children.Jayalakshmi’s parents accused Nagaraj of torturing their daughter over petty issues. Once the parents stepped out in the evening, the dejected boy committed suicide by hanging himself in their house in Venkatapura tanda in Sedam taluk at the night. “He would throw tantrums every day, saying she didn’t know how to cook and how to look after the children or him,” the parents told police.Nagaraj, who returned home for lunch on Thursday afternoon, abused his wife for making tasteless curry, the parents said..