Man kills wife, tries to end his life

A 60-year old man from Kerala allegedly murdered his wife by slitting her throat and also attempted to commit suicide at a lodge in this temple town, police said today.

As the couple from Trichur in Kerala did not come out of the room for a long time, the lodge owner informed the police, who reached the spot and broke open the door.

When police personnel entered the room, they found the woman dead and the man in a serious condition with his throat slit.

The man is undergoing treatment at a government hospital here, police said.