After allegedly being in an extra-marital relationship, a 30-year-old married woman was murdered by an auto driver with whom she was having the affair.

According to the police of Uppal, Anjaiah attacked Renuka with a beer bottle and trampled her neck. Later he choked her to death. The incident took place when Renuka, a resident of Nacharam was with Anjaiah in Chilkanagar, Uppal.

That night, Anjaiah was bringing the victim to his place and on the way, he bought liquor and food. Meanwhile, she asked him Rs 20,000 and Anjaiah refused to give. That’s when Renuka started abusing him which led to Anjaiah hit killing her.

The incident took place around 8:30 pm on Sunday night. But the police and public came to know about it only in the late hours of Monday. The public is said to have taken time to alert the police. A case on Anjaiah has been filed by the police.