63-year-old ragpicker arrested for murdering wife in Bengaluru

The Bengaluru police have arrested a 63-year-old man for allegedly murdering his wife in southeast Bengaluru’s Vivek Nagar on Friday night. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Bengaluru police have arrested a 63-year-old man for allegedly murdering his wife in southeast Bengaluru’s Vivek Nagar on Friday night (August 7).The accused has been identified as Jerry Anthony, a ragpicker. He allegedly strangled his wife, Geetha, 50, and fled from the scene. According to the police, both were ragpickers and had married about six years ago. The couple used to live in an abandoned vehicle near the Austin Town BDA complex.A preliminary police probe revealed that around 9.30 p.m. on Friday, Anthony and Geetha went to Vivek Nagar to collect scrap materials near a garbage blackspot on 4th Main