India, Oct. 15 -- Mysuru, Oct. 15 (BCT)- The Second Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his former wife eight years ago.

The convict, Karthik, son of late Thandavamurthy from Tarikere taluk in Chikkamagalur district, was found guilty of killing his ex-wife Sunitha at her residence in Vidyaranyapuram, Mysuru, in June 2017.

Karthik's sister, a Railway employee, was residing in the Railway Quarters at Mysuru, where Sunitha had also settled with her young son after separating from Karthik. Sunitha's father, also a Railway employee, lived nearby and after her mother's demise, she had chosen to stay with her father and brother for emotional and practical support. ...