NAMAKKAL: The Kumarapalayam police have initiated an inquiry into the murder of a woman while travelling with her husband in a car at Kottaimedu on Saturday.
According to the Kumarapalayam police, K Sabarinathan, 30, of Andhiyur in Erode district, had contacted them on Saturday stating a four-member gang had stopped his car on the highway near Kottaimedu, slit the throat of his wife Haranidevi, 25, and made away with her gold chain weighing seven sovereigns while they were returning to Andhiyur from her parents’ house in Attur.
Dharanidevi was taken to the government hospital in Bhavani, where doctors declared her brought dead.
Police said they suspect foul play in the case.
Namakkal SP Saroj Kumar Thakur said they were questioning Sabarinathan.
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