Puducherry woman murdered while returning home after buying milk
Bosco Dominique | TNN | Mar 1, 2019, 20:54 IST
(Representative image) PUDUCHERRY: Two unidentified men murdered a 27-year-old woman at Maducarai on the outskirts of Puducherry town on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as R Ganga, 27, wife of Rajasekar, a painter by profession.
Police said the woman left home at 5am to buy milk from a nearby shop while her husband and two children were sleeping.
She was returning home when two men approached her and struck a conversation with her. The two attacked her with sharp weapons and slit her throat. They fled the scene after committing the crime.
A passerby noticed the woman lying in a pool of blood and alerted Maducarai police. A police team reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it for postmortem.
Initial inquiries revealed that Rajasekar and Ganga hailed from different communities and entered wedlock after a love affair. However, differences in opinion cropped up between the two. The couple used to fight frequently over trivial issues. They had even planned to apply for divorce, said police.
The deceased has been identified as R Ganga, 27, wife of Rajasekar, a painter by profession.
Police said the woman left home at 5am to buy milk from a nearby shop while her husband and two children were sleeping.
She was returning home when two men approached her and struck a conversation with her. The two attacked her with sharp weapons and slit her throat. They fled the scene after committing the crime.
A passerby noticed the woman lying in a pool of blood and alerted Maducarai police. A police team reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it for postmortem.
Initial inquiries revealed that Rajasekar and Ganga hailed from different communities and entered wedlock after a love affair. However, differences in opinion cropped up between the two. The couple used to fight frequently over trivial issues. They had even planned to apply for divorce, said police.
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