Crime notes

Wife's hands chopped off

Peenya resident V. Srinivas has been arrested for allegedly chopping off his wife's hands in Ramanagaram Thursday night.

Ramanagaram police said he barged into his in-laws house in Mayaganahalli village, chopped his wife Mamatha's hands with a sickle - right hand below the palm and left hand at her elbow. The ghastly act is said to be the fallout of a family dispute.

Mamatha is being treated in a private hospital in Bangalore.

Newborns found dead

The bodies of two newborns, a male and a female, were found in a plastic bag at the Satellite bus stand on Mysore Road here on Friday. Byatarayanapura police said they were spotted near a dustbin.