Man bludgeons live-in partner to death with pressure cooker in Bengaluru accused arrested by Begur police

Pramesh S Jain

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he Begur police have arrested a 24-year-old marketing executive of a private firm for killing his live-in partner over the suspicion that she is cheating on him.

Senior officer told reporters the accused Vaishnav and Devi,hailed from Kerala and working as sales and marketing in a private firm.

The duo was into relationship for the last two years and living in a rented house in New Mico layout .

The couple used to have fight frequently for the last few days after Vaishnav started suspecting Devi of cheating on him.

On Saturday evening after a fight,enraged Vaishnav attacked Devi with a pressure cooker in the kitchen killing her on the spot .

The police who got to know about the incident,rushed to the spot and arrested him.

The family members of both the couple told the police that they are aware of the fights between them and even tried to patch them up .

They were supposed to get married soon and Vaishnav started suspecting that Devi was going around with other person they said says senior officer.