According to The Hindu, a 51‑year‑old private‑firm employee strangled his live‑in partner to death near Indira Priyadarshini Nagar, within the Rajagopalnagar police‑station limits in Bengaluru, and then committed suicide at the residence. The Times of India reported that a 30‑year‑old woman was brutally stabbed to death by her husband while she slept in Karkardooma, Delhi; the husband entered his sister‑in‑law's home, carried out the crime, and was apprehended by residents before being handed over to police, with a suspected affair cited as a possible motive. Rediff.com reported that a 22‑year‑old Sikkim woman, identified as Ati Hangma Subba, a salon receptionist, was murdered by her boyfriend, identified as Purba Lepcha, a hotel waiter, after an argument at their rented accommodation in Bengaluru's Doddakanahalli area; the boyfriend slit her throat with a kitchen knife, the incident fell within the Bellandur police‑station limits, the couple had moved to Bengaluru about a month earlier, and the accused was arrested on Sunday.