Bengaluru, July 10 -- A 34-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife in Bengaluru's Bommanahalli area after a dispute over her stepping out to shop without informing him, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Harish BK , allegedly suffocated his 29-year-old wife Padmaja Harish on Sunday evening by trampling her neck with his feet following a heated argument shortly after she returned home from a shopping trip, according to police officials.

The couple, both engineering graduates from Kolar, had been living and working in Bengaluru for the past five years. While Padmaja continued working with a private firm, Harish had quit his job a few months ago and had been unemployed since, police said.

"Both Pa...