A 23-year-old woman was murdered by her husband at the All Woman Police Station in Tambaram on Monday evening.
Gowri (23) was assaulted by Ganapathy (26) with a screw driver at the waiting area of the police station. The duo had been summoned for counselling by the police as they used to quarrel often. Gowri, who had arrived before Ganapathy, was sitting in the waiting area.
“Ganapathy barged into the police station, pulled out a screw driver he had concealed in his dress and assaulted his wife,” said a police officer. The screw driver pierced her chest, resulting in profuse bleeding.
Hearing her cries for help, the women police at the station detained Ganapathy. They rushed Gowri to the Tambaram Taluk Government Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police sources said the couple had been married for about eight years and were living at Annai Sathya Nagar in Agaramthen under Selaiyur police station limits with their two children. They were working as contract labourers with the Tambaram Municipality. Police said Ganapathy suspected her to be having an affair and had even asked his friends to track her movement when was out of town.
Recently, Gowri had gone missing from the house and this angered Ganapathy.
“Gowri’s mother had lodged a missing complaint at the Selaiyur police station on Monday morning. Ganapathy too lodged a complaint at AWPS in Tambaram, seeking custody of his children,” an investigating police officer said.
Further investigation is on.
Published - December 23, 2015 12:00 am IST
