A 33-year-old, Silambarasan, confessed to strangling his wife Priya on Aug 14; her body was found buried in a drum near a Tiruvallur burial ground on Oct 22. Probe on.
A shocking case from the outskirts of Chennai: police have arrested 33-year-old Silambarasan, who confessed to strangling his 26-year-old wife Priya on August 14, and later burying her body inside a drum near a burial ground in Tiruvallur district. The family reported Priya missing after her children told her father they had not seen their mother for nearly two months; a missing-person complaint prompted investigators to question the husband, whose story reportedly changed several times before he admitted the crime.
Officials say the couple used to fight frequently because Silambarasan suspected Priya of having “many affairs,” and that suspicion is the prima facie motive recorded in the FIR. Police recovered the drum after following leads and CCTV checks; Priya’s body was sent for post-mortem while further forensic and witness enquiries continue as part of the murder probe. Silambarasan has been remanded for 15 days pending investigation.
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