Man held for stabbing couple to death over personal grudge

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A 42-year-old antheral has been arrested successful transportation for a treble execution successful Kanathur connected the outskirts of the city. Police said the accused allegedly stabbed his neighbour and the neighbour’s woman to decease pursuing a long-standing idiosyncratic grudge.

According to police, the accused, Parthiban alias S. Parthasarathy, 42, his woman Jamuna, and the deceased Sushil Raj, 32, and his woman Girija, 29, were neighbours surviving successful the aforesaid locality astatine Kanathur Reddikuppam. Parthasarathy worked arsenic a car operator and had earlier been engaged successful fishing, portion Sushil Raj was a fisherman.

Police said Parthasarathy powerfully suspected his woman of having an illicit narration with Sushil Raj. Due to this suspicion, predominant quarrels and heated arguments took spot betwixt the accused and his wife. Following the prolonged dispute, the pistillate near him astir one-and-a-half years agone and has since been surviving astatine her mother’s location successful Saidapet. From past on, the accused had been surviving alone.

On Monday, Girija questioned the accused astir parking a two-wheeler extracurricular his house. During the argument, she allegedly taunted him astir his ‘failed’ marriage, further provoking him. Enraged and harbouring anterior enmity, the accused went wrong his house, took 2 room knives and attacked Girija.

Hearing the commotion, Sushil Raj rushed to intervene, but the accused besides attacked him with the knives. Girija died connected the spot, portion Sushil Raj, who was taken successful an ambulance for treatment, succumbed to his injuries connected the mode to the hospital.

Both bodies person been kept astatine Royapettah Government Hospital for post-mortem examination. The accused was arrested and produced earlier the tribunal for judicial remand.

Published - February 17, 2026 07:45 p.m. IST

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