"Rarest Of Rare Case": Kerala Man Guilty Of Wife's Murder With Cobra Bite
NDTV
The sensational incident took place in Anchal in Kollam district of Kerala on May 7, 2020.
A 28-year-old man in Kerala has been found guilty of murdering his wife by getting her bitten by a cobra in May last year.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on Wednesday by an additional sessions court in Kollam district, which found the crime as "rarest of the rare".
The crime branch had carried out a detailed investigation after the parents of the woman, Uthara, called the police when her husband, Sooraj, tried to secure ownership of her properties days after her death. Sooraj wanted to get rid of Uthara, take her money and gold and marry someone else, the police had said.
This was Sooraj's second attempt, after having failed in his first with a venomous viper earlier in February 2020. Both the snakes were procured through his snake handler friend Suresh.
