A housewife and her boyfriend murdered her husband for allegedly objecting to her extramarital affair at Marrivalasa area under the A Koduru police station limits in the district today, the police said.
Circle Inspector of Chodavaram police station S Kiran Kumar identified the deceased as S Bangarayya (50), a farmer while the accused were identified as S Kondamma (40) and her boyfriend S Konari (50).
Kondamma with the help of Konari, a resident of the same area and farmer by profession, strangled her husband when he was asleep with a rope today morning after Bangarayya allegedly impeded their affair, the police official said.
Kondamma had developed affections for Konari, while her husband Bangarayya, who came to know about it warned his wife and Konari to mend their ways, the police official said.
However, the woman continued the affair despite her husband's warning.
Kondamma claimed that her husband died of a heart attack, but locals and Bangarayya's son found injuries on Bangarayya neck, after which they lodged a complaint at the A Koduru police station, the police official said.
During the interrogation, Kondamma confessed to the crime, the police official said.
A case has been registered and the woman has been taken into their custody, while a manhunt has been launched for Konari, the police official said.
