Gulf returnee kills wife, attempts suicide in Jagtial

Rayanchu Lingaiah, who went to Bahrain in search of employment, came home on Sunday evening and killed his wife Jalaja (44) by attacking her with a spade while she was in deep sleep early in the morning.

Jagtial: A Gulf returnee allegedly killed his wife and then attempted to end his own life in Thombaraopet of Medipally mandal early on Monday.

Rayanchu Lingam, who was working in the Gulf for the last 20 years, came home on Sunday evening and allegedly bludgeoned his his wife Lakshmi (45) alias Jalaja to death with a spade. Lingam is said to have committed the murder based on his doubt that his wife was maintaining an extramarital affair with another man. According to the police, around 2 am, he first strangled her throat with a rope while she was in deep sleep. Later, he hit her on the head with a spade. She died on the spot.

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He later surrendered to the police. However, before going to the police station, he allegedly consumed a pesticide and fell unconscious at the station, following which the police shifted him to the Jagtial government hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

Based on a complaint lodged by Vijaya, Lakshmi’s sister, the police registered the case and began investigation.

A beedi roller, Lakshmi also used to go for agricultural works. The couple had two children, a son Arun and a daughter Anjali. While Arun was working in the Gulf for the last two years, Anjali was married off. .