Man Kills Wife After Years Of Abuse, Cops Focus On ‘Suspicion Of Affair’

It was around 6.15 pm on August 23, Mary recalls, that her son came down from the first floor of their residence at KR Puram in Bengaluru, and uttered those fateful words to her. I killed Nancy. I'm going to the police station, John Supreet told her, before leaving the house. A stunned Mary immediately rushed to the aid of Nancy Flora, her daughter-in-law, and took her to the hospital, but the doctors declared her brought dead. According to Mary, her son had been violent towards his wife for several years. However, the next day, Nancy's death was reported as a murder by a husband who suspected his wife of having an affair. This because the police decided to focus on 'suspicion of extramarital affair' as the reason for the murder rather than take into account the years of abuse suffered by Nancy.
According to initial police reports, Supreet allegedly murdered his 32-year-old wife Nancy because he suspected her of having an affair. The families of both the victim and the accused though have a different story to tell — one of brutal domestic violence that spanned years.
Nancy and Supreet got married around 10 years ago, and Nancy faced abuse from Supreet ever since, according to Nancy's counsellor. The couple have two children aged 11 and eight. Nancy and Supreet's parents say they learnt about the violence around 2018. That was when Supreet began using drugs and started growing increasingly suspicious of Nancy's fidelity, says Mary.
His suspicions, however, were baseless, she says. Nancy never even stepped out of the house, other than to go grocery shopping or to pick up the kids from school. It was Nancy who always looked after us. Supreet, on the other hand, would even abuse my husband and me, Mary says.
Francis Xavier, Nancy's father, alleges that Supreet used to look after a business owned by his parents. However, he abandoned it after he began doing drugs, besides developing a drinking habit, alleges Francis. Supreet was also angry with Nancy because his parents were more supportive of her than of him. Both families, on several occasions, tried to admit him to a rehabilitation centre to address his drug problem. But all our efforts were in vain, he adds.