Neglected by children, elderly man kills wife, dies by suicide in Khammam

In a suicide note purportedly left by the couple, they said they were unable to bear the life’s agony, hence ending their lives

Khammam: An elderly man allegedly killed his wife and then died by suicide in a house at Bank Colony-2 in Khammam on Tuesday.

The couple, residents of Narasaraopeta in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, were aged above 60. They were living in Khammam for the last six years working as cooks in a hotel on the bypass road.

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Their children, who live in Guntur, remained disconnected from their parents and never visited the couple. The woman was suffering from partial paralysis. Due to health issues, the couple stopped working six months ago.

Their coworker at the hotel, who visits them often, came to their house during the late evening hours on Tuesday to check on them and found them both dead in a pool of blood. Then the town police were informed about the incident, the locals said.

During examination of the scene, police found a deep knife injury on the wrist of the woman as well as strangulation marks on her neck. Similarly, knife injuries were also found on the man’s throat and wrist.

In a suicide note purportedly left by the couple, they said they were unable to bear the life’s agony, hence ending their lives. They also lamented that their two children were not caring about them after their marriage.

The two-town police booked a case and launched a probe into the incident.