K Anusha, 27, was at their home in Madhurawada, India, when she was rushed to hospital after her husband G Gnaneshwar, 28, told her friends and family she had fallen unconscious
A nine-month pregnant wife was allegedly strangled to death by her husband just days before their baby was due to be born, according to police. K Anusha, 27, was at their home in Madhurawada, India, when she was rushed to hospital after her husband G Gnaneshwar, 28, told her friends and family she had fallen unconscious. However, when she arrived, medics tragically pronounced her dead on arrival.
The husband was taken into custody by police, where it was revealed he allegedly confessed to struggling his wife after an argument. The victim was due to give birth and was scheduled to be admitted to a private hospital.
During police interviews, it was revealed the couple got married on December 10, 2022, against his parents’ wishes.
Anusha’s family alleged that Gnaneshwar had earlier attempted to abandon her and was trying to deceive her.
Police have now launched an investigation into the exact motive behind the murder.
Meanwhile, a mum hacked her children to death in a brutal attack, according to police.
Valentina Mytko, 29, hacked her daughter, four, and sons, eight and seven months, as another child of hers, aged 7, watched, the country’s Investigative Committee in Russia said.
The mum is said to have carried out the murders “with particular cruelty” in Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region – with neighbours hearing screams as the eight year old was killed, according to the evidence in the case. “He screamed really loudly,” said one.
Harrowing video footage showed officials scouring the crime scene, entering a dark, cluttered room and lifting a large axe before scanning it for any traces of blood.
The mum was later scene being led away in handcuffs by police and seated in a room for questioning.
The mother took the boy to his grandparents and “sat down and cried”. Committee official Yulia Arbuzova said: “He did not see what happened there. He was in another room.
Then the woman took the boy and went to her parents, and she told them what happened. Her father went into the house and found the children there, after which [he] called the police.”
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