CHENNAI: In a twist in the suicide of a newly married woman, police arrested her 30-year-old huband for beating his wife to death and later staging her suicide.
The woman Jeevitha, 24, married Hari in 2020 and the couple lived in Tondiarpet. Hari informed the city police control room early on Friday that his wife had ended her life in the bathroom. Police recovered her body and sent tit o the government Stanley hospital for an autopsy.
After Jeevitha’s parents found some injury on her chest, they raised their suspicion to the investigation officers.
Though initially Hari claimed he was innocent, later he confessed to police that he murdered Jeevitha and then hanged her body and made it look like she had taken the extreme step.
The Tondiarpet police registered a case under Section 174 (3) (suspicious death) of CrPC and arrested Hari. He was sent to jail. Further investigations are on.
