Chennai: A 43-year-old building contractor allegedly hammered his second wife and 2-year-old son to death after a quarrel on Friday morning and later on Saturday surrendered to Guduvancherry police.
The incident took place in Ayyancheri near Oorapakkam in Kancheepuram district. According to the police, the man, identified as Loganathan, had married Deepthi (29) a native of Bengal, four years ago after a love affair, with the permission of his first wife and the women were living in different houses. Deepthi was working in a beauty parlour.
“Loganathan started fighting with Deepthi because of her friendly nature and interaction with people. He suspected infidelity and picked up a quarrel on a regular basis. On Friday, after a fight, he hit Deepthi and their son Ronak with a hammer and murdered them. He later went to work and slept in the same house after he returned. On Saturday, he went to work and only at around 8.45 did he surrender to the Guduvancherry police.”
A police team later went to the house and shifted the partially decomposed bodies of the woman and kid to Chengalpet GH for post mortem and arrested Loganathan for murder.
