Karnataka: 75-year-old man held after 23 years for wife’s murder in chilling case

The brutal crime took place in 2002 in the Koppal district, where the accused, now 75, killed his wife Renukamma and disposed of her body in a sack on a bus. The body was later found in the neighbouring Ballari district.
A frail, hunched old man, his eyes seeming blank while he is barely able to hold his weight as he stands along with two policemen outside a police station in Karnataka’s Koppal. The sight may seem like an elderly person seeking help from the cops. But as they say, looks can be deceptive. The actual story is far from sympathy-evoking, but of a gruesome crime.
75-year-old Hanumanthappa was arrested on Friday in a dramatic twist to a decades-old crime. He had been absconding for 23 years after allegedly murdering his wife in 2002.
Though Hanumanthappa is now 75, the brutal nature of the crime continues to shock the public even after more than two decades.