TELANGANA: A 43-year-old Home Guard in Telangana was allegedly killed by her husband in Nalgonda town on Tuesday. The incident happened at police quarters, after a domestic dispute between the couple, the police said. The woman, Mahaboob Bee, was posted at the Nalgonda district police headquarters and lived with her husband, Satish, and their two daughters and a son in police quarters opposite the Nalgonda Rural Police Station.
Deputy Superintendent of Police K Shivaram Reddy said an argument broke out between the two on Tuesday morning, once their three children had gone to school. According to the officer, the altercation is alleged to have turned violent. Satish reportedly banged her head against a wall and then strangled her, and she was said to have died at the spot.
Police said Satish was taken into custody for questioning and that a murder case had been registered against him. The Nalgonda One Town police are investigating, and officers are examining the events that preceded the woman's death, with a detailed probe under way into what led to the killing.
Satish has previously worked as Home guard before being picked for a constable's post, which he gave up within about a year, nearly 15 years ago. Reportedly he had been without work ever since. Mahaboob Bee, by contrast, stayed on with the department at the district headquarters and, by local accounts, brought home most of the family's income while raising the three children.
Residents in the area described repeated quarrels between the two over family matters. Preliminary findings have also pointed to domestic tension and Satish's alleged drinking habit as possible factors in the strained relationship. Those are initial observations and have not been established.
The death occurred inside police residential quarters, a setting that has prompted questions about how the alleged attack could unfold there. The family's home sat opposite the Nalgonda Rural Police Station, in accommodation provided for police personnel.
The accounts available so far agree on the broad sequence: a morning quarrel after the children had gone to school, an alleged assault inside the quarters, the death at the spot and the husband's detention. They also describe the accused in similar terms, as a former Home Guard who left the police force within a year and stayed out of work for about 15 years.
(With inputs from media reports)