# Bengaluru civil engineer kills techie wife, dies by suicide 2026-08-16T01:47:22+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Bengaluru: A civil engineer killed his software engineer wife by suffocating her with a pillow before hanging himself, police said. Sumant Jain, 32, sent a WhatsApp voice note to his mother after an argument over house ownership, alleging his wife said 'This house is mine'. He then ended his life. Jain and Padmavathi, 29, were found dead at their rented home in Laggere on Thursday. Padmavathi's family alleged murder. Police said Jain hit her and suffocated her. When he realised she was not breathing, he panicked and called his mother before killing himself. Deputy commissioner of police Nagesh DL said the exact sequence and cause of death are yet to be established. A case has been registered and investigation is ongoing. ## Coverage - indiatvnews.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T02:29:27+00:00. Tags: Bengaluru, Karnataka Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengaluru-civil-engineer-kills-wife-dies-by-suicide/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengaluru-civil-engineer-kills-wife-dies-by-suicide/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/