CHENNAI: A 27-year-old woman, who had been living with a head constable, was found hanging at her house in Pattinapakkam (Foreshore Estate) on Saturday night.
Police, who identified the deceased woman as Vigneswari, registered a case of suspicious death and detained Mugilan of the Neelankarai police for questioning.
Police said Vigneshwari, an athlete who ran a fast food restaurant, had married a man named Kapil Dev of Srinivasapuram with whom she had two children aged 11 and five.
Some time ago, differences cropped up and she separated from her husband moved into a different house in the same area.
She then came in contact with Mugilan and they began living together. On Saturday, around 10.30 pm, Mugilan called for an ambulance of the 108 service stating that Vigneshwari had hanged herself to death.
The medical staff who checked her found her dead and alerted police.
A team arrived and sent the body for postmortem to Royapettah Government Hospital.
Soon, Vigneshwari’s estranged husband Kapil Dev and a few of his relatives came there and picked up a fight with Mugilan, alleging that he was responsible for her death.
Kapil Dev lodged a complaint with Foreshore Estate police.
Preliminary inquiries with neighbours by police personnel revealed that Mugilan and Vigneshwari had a fight on Friday night.
Police said Mugilan was inside the house at the time of incident and Vigneshwari also did not close the door from inside. Vigneshwari’s brother told police that he had seen the couple fighting too.
“We are awaiting the postmortem report, to know if it was a case of suicide or murder. We are questioning Mugilan, as a complaint of foul play was received from the victim’s family,” said an investigating officer.
The victim’s family and her estranged husband have complained of foul play in the death
