Marital discord ends in farmer’s murder

Hyderabad: A 38-year-old farmer was bludgeoned to death allegedly by his brother for using foul language against family members during a discussion about marital discord at the victim’s house in Kandukur of Rangareddy district on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as V Balram, 38, and the accused, his brother, V Mohan, 36, both farmers from Murali Nagar village in Kandukur mandal.
Balram’s first wife had died eight years ago due to ill health. Subsequently, he married Jayalakshmi. Balaram has two daughters from the first marriage and a three-year-old son from the second marriage.
On May 2, Balram came home drunk and assaulted his wife. He forcibly sent Jayalakshmi and the children out of the house. Along with the children, Jayalakshmi stayed in a park nearby during daytime and slept at a relative’s house at night.
On Tuesday, Jayalakshmi’s parents along with her brother and Mohan went to Balaram’s house to discuss with him about the marital discord. Balaram came home at 7pm and picked up an argument with Jayalakshmi’s family members. “He used abusive language against Jayalakshmi’s family members and Mohan. When Balaram tried to assault Mohan, the latter retaliated and attacked Balaram with a pestle on his head,” Kandukur sub-inspector (SI) K Swamy said.
With bleeding injury to his head, Balram was shifted to Osmania General Hospital in an ambulance. He succumbed in the early hours of Wednesday while undergoing treatment. Police registered a murder case and took Mohan into custody.