Beautician murdered by husband in Chennai

A 27-year-old beautician was murdered by her first husband in Medavakkam Koot Road junction on Saturday (January 11, 2025) night. The Medavakkam police have arrested the 42-year-old accused and are investigating. 

A senior official of the Tambaram Police Commissionerate said K. Jyothi was married to R. Manikandan who was a resident of Triplicane and worked as a camera repair worker in 2009. The couple had three children. However due to differences of opinion Jyothi left Manikandan and started residing with her three sons in a rented house in Medavakkam. She was working in a beauty parlour in the same locality.

In this situation, she had a live-in relationship with Manikandan’s cousin Krishnamoorthy, police said. A few days ago, Manikandan contacted Jyothi on her cell phone and said he wanted to visit and see her children. Manikandan visited the children at Jyothi’s house and requested for rejoining, but Jyothi refused. Infuriated, Manikandan got into an argument, but Jyothi hit him and told him to get out of her house.

She narrated the incident to Krishnamurthy who contacted Manikandan on his cell phone and asked him to meet at the Medavakkam Koot Road junction. Manikandan came in his two-wheeler in an inebriated manner and on seeing both Krishnamurthy and Jyothi, he picked a knife kept hidden in his pocket and stabbed her. Krishnamurthy, who tried to stop him, was also stabbed. Jyothi who suffered blood injury died on the way to a nearby private hospital. Manikandan, who tried to escape after committing the crime, was caught by the public and handed over to the Medavakkam police.

The Medavakkam police sent the body to Chromepet Government Hospital for post-mortem and admitted Krishnamurthy in the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.

Published - January 12, 2025 03:42 pm IST