Man kills wife, transports body on hired vehicle to forest at Karnataka's Karwar

On the night of February 22, Tukaram had a fight with Shanta Kumari over relations with other women. He strangled her to death, carried the dead body in an empty water barrel mounted on a transport vehicle and threw it in the Ramnagar forest.

Karwar (Karnataka) : The police have arrested a man for allegedly murdering his wife and hiding the dead body in an empty water drum in Karwar area of Karnataka. The arrested accused is identified as Tukaram Madiwala of Teragaon village of the Haliyal taluk. Tukaram lived with his wife Shanta Kumari (38) in Teragam village.

On the night of February 22, there was a fight between Shanta Kumari and Tukaram over the issue of relations with other women. In this fight, the husband killed his wife by strangling her. The following day, he loaded the dead body into an empty water barrel and transported it to the forest in a vehicle.

Tukaram hired a Tata Ace vehicle and took the help of driver Rizwan and one Sameer Pantoji of Alnawar to dump the body in the Ramnagar forest. Locals who saw the barrel being taken got suspicious and informed the police. Later, the police launched an operation and caught the accused who had thrown the dead body in the forest.

The police from Haliyal and Ramnagar raided the place and arrested three accused. Currently, the accused Tukaram, Rizwan and Sameer Pantoji are in judicial custody in Haliya Sub Jail.

Tukaram and Shantha Kumari got married 2-3 years ago. Suspecting him to be in contact with other women, the wife often quarrelled with her husband. A fight also took place on the night of February 22. At this time, the husband killed her, put the body in a barrel and threw it in the forest, the Uttara Kannada District Superintendent of Police said in a press release.