Man kills brother and sets car on fire, attempts to murder wife over illicit affair

KALABURAGI: A man killed his brother and attempted to kill his wife after he discovered their illicit relationship, on the outskirts of Aland town on Wednesday. The deceased is Ravikumar, (45), a resident of Surpur taluk in Yadgir district.

Vijaykumar was married to Neelamma while his brother Ravikumar was married to Neelamma’s sister. Ravikumar had got into an illicit relationship with Neelamma. On coming to know about his, Vijaykumar took Ravikumar and Neelamma in his car, killed Ravikumar with a stone and set the car on fire. He also attempted to kill Neelamma.

The Aland police have arrested Vijaykumar and registered a case Further investigation is under way.