New Delhi, March 25 -- A 37-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his wife and mother-in-law in Bengaluru last week, police said on Monday. The accused suspected Loknath Singh, a real-estate businessman had multiple extramarital affairs and illegal business dealings, the police said.

The two accused have been arrested.

According to the police, the incident came to light when Singh's body was found by people in an abandoned car in a deserted area in Chikkabanavara on Saturday, March 22.

Police 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.

A distress cal...