Puttur : The District Sessions Cort which gave judgement regarding a murder case reported in February 2011, has convicted a man from Ubaradka Sullia for murdering his pregnant wife.
The convicted person is Karunaker Patali from Ubaradka Mittur in Sullia. He had killed his four months pregnant wife by hitting her with a wooden club on Feburary 21, 2011. The deceased Arunashree was first married to one Arun Kumar and had a daughter from him. But when Arun suspected her character and deserted her, she began to live with Karunaker Patali with whom she was in love. The two had a daughter. But even Patali began to suspect her fidelity resulting in her killing.
In this case the public prosecutor ensured that the guilty got the punishment by providing circumstantial evidence even when the only witness turned hostile.