Extra-marital affair gone wrong, couple attempts suicide in Kurnool

A couple attempted suicide by consuming pesticide in Kurnool district on Monday.

The incident took place in Adoni near Nettekal cross. According to the Kurnool police, the Chandrakala of Mahboobabad in Mahbubnagar district got married to Bhimayya of the same region four years ago.

A year ago, she got in touch with Muralikrishna of Gangavaram village in Nandavaram Mandal of Kurnool district via Facebook.

Muralikrishna went to Mahboobabad to meet Chandrakala about two weeks back and took her to Bengaluru along with him. Her husband, who came to know of the situation visited Murali Krishna's village and questioned his parents. But upon finding nothing regarding their whereabouts, he filed a police complaint in Nandavaram police station.

The police, subsequently made Murali Krishna's parents call him and ask him to come home while giving an assurance of settling his marriage with the girl of his choice.

While Muralikrishna agreed to this, he went to Adoni instead of returning to his village. Meanwhile, Chandrakala consumed pesticide afraid of joining her husband. Muralikrishna followed suit and both were shifted to the local hospital where doctors informed that their condition is critical.