Man arrested for murder of wife

The accused — Iyyanar, a resident of Pasumpon Nagar in Pallikaranai — is an auto driver. His wife Anjali was from Vellore. According to the police, the couple got married four months ago before shifting to Pallikaranai and they had been quarrelling right from the day of their marriage.

On several occasions, their parents had to intervene and resolve the matter. On Thursday night, however, Anjali received a call that one of her close relatives had died in Vellore. She asked her husband to get ready and leave for Vellore with her, but Iyyanar did not want to go. This led to a quarrel between the couple and Iyyanar pushed Anjali against a wall. She hit her head in the impact and fell unconscious. Then, Iyyanar called up Anjali’s sister who lived nearby and told her that Anjali was unwell that that she should drop by to check on her. He then fled. When Anjali’s sister arrived, she found her lying in a pool of blood and rushed her to a local private hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.

On receiving the information, the Pallikaranai police registered a case and sent the body for a post-mortem examination at the Chromepet government hospital. The police nammed Iyyanar near the Tambaram bus stop and during interrogation, he admitted that he had only pushed Anjali in a fit of rage and did not mean to kill her. But, she died on the spot after hitting her head on the wall, Iyyanar told the police. He has been remanded in judicial custody.