A pan shop owner murdered his wife and 9-year-old son on Sunday because his wife decorated her hands with mehendi on the eve of Ramzan festival.
Before killing her, the man had a heated argument with his wife saying she wasted money on the mehendi.
The accused, Abul Khaleel (30), runs pan shop in Pahadishareef police limits.
The victim were Sajida Begum (28) and Abdul Rehman (9).
Police said the man smothered his wife and son to death at their house on Sunday night.
The couple had two sons and two daughters.
Rehman was their eldest son. Rehman was a little disabled as both of his legs were not functioning properly.
The family is facing financial crisis as it had been spending beyond its means on the boy’s treatment.
Pahadishareef inspector K Girish Kumar said Sajida went to her parent’s house and decorated her hands with mehendi in view of the festival.
She returned home in the night.
Seeing mehendi on her hands, Khaleel entered into an argument with her, accusing her of wasting money on trivial things.
Even as Sajida tried to tell him that her parents provided money for the mehendi, an irritated Khaleel smothered her with a pillow.
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