India, March 25 -- A man was allegedly murdered by his wife and mother-in-law over his alleged multiple extramarital affairs and illegal business dealings in Karnataka's Bengaluru last week, police said on Monday, adding that the incident came to light when the body of the victim was found abandoned in a car.

The deceased, 37-year-old Loknath Singh, was a real-estate businessman, an NDTV report quoted police as saying.

The police reportedly said that a preliminary probe into the crime revealed the accused initially spiked the man's food with sleeping pills to make him drowsy and then drove him to a secluded spot where they slit his throat with a knife before fleeing.

According to the police, the body Loknath Singh was found by a few pe...