A 30-year-old software engineer, K Sunitha, was stabbed to death in her Green City Colony home in Hyderabad's Vanasthalipuram by her ex-husband, Mahesh, police said Wednesday.
Mahesh allegedly stormed into her residence armed with two knives and a petrol can. He slashed her repeatedly, then crushed her skull with a flower pot, leaving her in a pool of blood. Sunitha had remarried shortly after the split, a move Mahesh reportedly couldn't tolerate.
He had returned from working abroad and since had been stranded in India due to divorce issues. Neighbours alerted police after Mahesh fled the scene on Wednesday morning.
Following the alert, Vanasthalipuram police immediately rushed to the scene, sent the body for postmortem, and traced Mahesh within hours.
He remains in custody as the probe continues. Further questioning to determine the exact motive of the crime is ongoing.