Tiruchy man stabs wife to death at hospital

TIRUCHY: A man stabbed his wife to death, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Tiruchy late on Tuesday.

The deceased, Kavitha (36), was admitted to a private hospital after her husband, Sathosh Kumar alias Moorthy (40), a resident of Theeran Nagar and a worker at a shop at Milaguparai, attacked her with a sharp weapon following a quarrel on Tuesday evening. It is said that the couple quarrelled over lunch preparation earlier in the day.

Kavitha is said to have sustained serious injuries in the attack. After attacking her, Moorthy informed Kavitha's mother, who admitted her to a private hospital in Woraiyur, where she was undergoing treatment for cut injuries in her abdomen.

In such a backdrop, on Tuesday late hours when Kavitha's mother was away, Moorthy went to the hospital, picked up a quarrel with his wife again and stabbed her multiple times with a knife. She died on the spot.

The hospital staff passed on the information to the Woraiyur police, who retrieved the body and sent it to the GH. The police also registered a case and conducted an inquiry with the hospital staff. Late in the night, the police arrested Moorthy.