The deceased, Ramesh, was separated from his wife, Sharmila, and had been in a relationship with Gayathri, 31, 53-year-old Babu’s daughter
Chennai: A 33-year-old autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death by a 53-year-old man in Chakkarapani Thottam on Paper Mills Road in Perambur on Tuesday night. The deceased, Ramesh , was separated from his wife, Sharmila, and had been in a relationship with Gayathri , 31, 53-year-old Babu’s daughter. Police said Babu went to Ramesh’s house around 9 pm on Tuesday and an argument broke out.
Babu had objected to their relationship, but the two continued to meet, police said. During the altercation, Babu took a concealed blade from a nail clipper and stabbed Ramesh in the area between his left collarbone and neck before fleeing. After a while, Ramesh’s grandmother, Palaniyammal, found him dead and alerted neighbours, who informed the police. Inspector Gopal of Sembium police station recovered the body and sent it to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for post-mortem examination. Police registered a murder case and arrested Babu on murder charges.
He was produced before a magistrate court on Wednesday and remanded in judicial custody.