Father kills daughter in Salem

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A 22-year-old pistillate was allegedly killed by her begetter owed to a emotion matter contented connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026).

The deceased was identified arsenic V. Varshini (22), a nonmigratory of Veeravanallur successful Tirunelveli district, who was pursuing 4th twelvemonth astatine a backstage siddha aesculapian assemblage adjacent Elampillai. She stayed successful a rented country astatine Nallampatti adjacent the Steel Plant.

On Wednesday, erstwhile her roommate came to the room, she recovered Varshini’s assemblage wrong the room. She alerted the Kondalampatti constabulary immediately.

The constabulary came to the spot and sent the assemblage to Salem Government Hospital for post-mortem. The constabulary besides verified CCTV cameras successful the surrounding country and recovered that Varshini’s father, M. Varatharajan (52), had visited her earlier her death.

Police said that Varshini had fallen successful emotion with Sakthivel (40), a nonmigratory of Tirunelveli, who is simply a Taekwondo maestro and a begetter of 2 kids. Varshini got joined to him past year. Coming to cognize astir the wedding, Varatharajan and his wife, V. Usha (43), came to Salem connected Monday (January 5, 2026) and took her to Tirunelveli. But she returned backmost to Salem.

According to the police, connected Tuesday evening (January 7, 2026), Varatharajan came to his daughter’s country without a mobile telephone and allegedly murdered her by strangulation, locked the doorway extracurricular and absconded with Varshini’s mobile phone.

The Kondalampatti constabulary registered a lawsuit and are connected the lookout for Varatharajan. 

Published - January 08, 2026 07:04 p.m. IST

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