A 28-year-old woman hanged herself at a hotel after her husband allegedly shot and killed an advocate, said to be her lover. The accused man had reportedly fixed a GPS device on her vehicle and was tracking her movements for the last six months.

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The police identified the woman as Shruthi Gowda, a panchayat development officer at Railway Gollahalli gram panchayat in Nelam­angala. The man who was shot was Amith Keshav Murthy (33), an advocate.

Her husband, Rajesh (31), is a resident of Kaggalipura. After the murder, Rajesh along with his father Gopala Krishna (78), whose revolver was used for the shooting, reportedly went to the police and surrendered before them. Rajesh used his father’s licensed weapon.

Shruthi and Rajesh have a child. Amith was also married and has a son. Shruthi and Amith had known each other for two years. Rajesh and his father had warned both of them multiple times over the relationship.

“Rajesh was extremely frustrated with the relationship. His father was associated with a political party and was very upset with his name being sullied. Rajesh had kept a close track on her and had even fixed GPS to her car. Due to the repeated warnings, both of them had stopped meeting in person for some time. However on Friday afternoon, when her car’s GPS pointed on Tumkur Road near 8th mile, Rajesh and his father started following her. They caught the couple red-handed near Acharya College,” said an officer.

Rajesh reportedly shouting at the two and fired three rounds at Amith of which two bullets hit him. When Amith died on the spot, Rajesh and his father escaped from the scene and went to the Soladevanahalli police station and surrendered.

Meanwhile, Shruthi booked a room in a hotel where she committed suicide.