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<\/div>\nPratiba and Kishore were married in November last year – almost exactly to the date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A 23-year-old Karnataka<\/a> woman – who had given birth less than two weeks ago – was allegedly murdered by her husband, a policeman, who suspected she was in a relationship with another man.<\/p>\n Three others have also been arrested in connection with the woman’s death.<\/p>\n Police have said the husband, D Kishore, first consumed a poisonous substance – in an apparent bid to die by suicide – before he strangled his wife, Pratibha S. According to media reports, Pratibha was living at her parents’ home in Hoskote Taluk, and gave birth to her baby – a boy – on October 28.<\/p>\n Kishore was living in the town of Chamarajanagar, which is around 230 km away.<\/p>\n The young woman’s distraught father has branded his son-in-law a “psycho”.<\/p>\n “We married our daughter to him… thinking he is a good man, but he turned out to be a criminal. We want justice. He needs to be punished. I do not want another girl to go through what my daughter did.”<\/p>\n Pratibha, who had a degree in Computer Science, and 32-year-old Kishore, who is from Veerapura in Kolar district, were wed in November last year. Her father has also alleged dowry demands.<\/p>\n According to the police, Kishore and Pratibha had an acrimonious telephone exchange on Sunday evening – one that left the new mother in tears. Her mother told her to disconnect the call and suggested she not speak to Kishore for a while, for fear of upsetting the new-born child.<\/p>\n On Monday, when Pratibha checked her phone, she found 150 missed calls.<\/p>\n Later in the day Kishore reportedly landed up at his in-laws’ home and cornered his wife inside a locked room, where he killed her. Pratibha’s mother was on the roof at the time, police said.<\/p>\n According to The Times of India<\/a>, Kishore confessed to his mother-in-law before escaping. “Kondu bitte avalna, kondu bitte<\/em> (I killed her, I killed her),” he reportedly said.<\/p>\n NDTV is now available on WhatsApp channels. Click on the link<\/a> to get all the latest updates from NDTV on your chat. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n