Hyderabad, February 19 A man, who allegedly murdered his former wife, a software professional, at her house here, was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Thursday, police said.
The victim, who had remarried, was pregnant.
The accused, in his 30s, who had previously worked as a software employee in Canada, entered the victim's residence on Wednesday and, after noticing her in a room, locked it from the inside and allegedly stabbed her multiple times on the head with a knife, resulting in her instant death. He was taken into custody after the incident.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim's second husband, a murder case was registered against the accused, and he was arrested on Thursday and produced before a city court, which remanded him to judicial custody, a police official said.
The couple got married in 2022 and divorced in 2024. She had a second marriage in April 2025, police said.
The accused came to India from Canada in March 2025 following the death of his mother.
Police said that the accused harbored resentment towards his ex-wife as she had filed a domestic violence case against him and regarding her remarriage.
As the case was pending, a Look-out Circular was issued against him, and his visa was rejected, police said, adding that he had been unable to return to Canada since then and was currently residing in his native place in the Peddapalli district of Telangana, without any work.
Although the case was eventually resolved, he felt that he and his family had suffered mental distress due to the case. He also believed that his mother's death was a result of the mental anguish caused by his estranged wife, police said.
The accused decided to eliminate his former wife and managed to locate her residential address through her social media account and came to Hyderabad and "killed" her, police added.