Chennai man beats wife to death for affair

CHENNAI: A man beat up his wife to death apparently enraged over seeing her in a compromising position with her lover in Karani village, Thiruvallur district.

Police identified the deceased woman as Poongavanam, 29, wife of Raja and mother of five children are from Ulundurpet.

Raja who is employed in a brick kiln came to know about his wife's affair with a driver who is also employed in the same brick kiln.

He had complained about it to the owner of the brick kiln, who sacked the driver. However the driver pleaded with the owner manager to join last week claiming innocence.

Raja and his wife along with their kids were sleeping in their room when he suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. Since he found his wife missing, he went searching for her and found her in the driver's room adjacent to the brick kiln. He barged into the room and was enraged to find her in a compromising position with the driver. He beat up both with a log when the driver took to his heels. The woman who sustained head injuries, died on the spot, police said. Thiruvallur taluk police arrested Raja on the charges of murder.