Chamarajanagar: An incident where a wife and her husband were murdered by a lover along with his lover, Gundlupete Taluk, Tondavadi.

The deceased is Nagarajanayaka (40) of Raghavapura village of Begur in Gundlupet taluk. His wife Padma (26) and her lover Manikantha (26) have been arrested by the police.

The husband was caught by Rasalee while he was playing on a farm at Thondavadi at midnight on September 11. At this time, he had been lodged with a lover and had thrown a stone into the canal. The accused have lodged a complaint with the Begur police station on September 16 that they had not yet arrived.

The police have identified Padma as hypocritical and the incident has come to light when he was interrogated by the police for further investigations. As the present accused had thrown the body away, the police took the accused and carried him out.

A murder case has been registered at Begur police station and the accused have been remanded to judicial custody.