Tamil Nadu: 28-year-old man stabs wife to death in hospital in Karur

A 28-year-old man fatally stabbed his wife at a Tamil Nadu hospital on Sunday while she was being treated for injuries from his earlier assault.

Updated on: Jul 21, 2025, 02:43:27 IST

By Divya Chandrababu, Chennai

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A 28-year-old man stabbed his wife to death at Kulithalai government hospital in Tamil Nadu on Sunday while she was undergoing treatment after he had assaulted her a day ago, police said.

28-year-old man stabs wife to death in hospital in Tamil Nadu

The accused has been identified as R Vishruth (28) and the deceased as V Shruthi (27). The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday in Kulithalai in Karur district, police said. While Shruthi worked as a teacher in a private school, Vishruth was an on-call driver.

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“The husband had suspected that his wife was having an affair. They fought on Saturday night in their house and he hit her. She had a nose injury and neighbours had admitted her to the hospital,” Kulithalai deputy superintendent of police, Senthil Kumar said. “We have registered a case based on the doctor’s complaint. Search operations are ongoing. We will catch the accused soon,” he added.

The hospital informed the police that the accused came early morning, took out a knife he was hiding and stabbed her while she was receiving treatment, and fled.

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Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. Divya is presently Assistant Editor of the Hindustan Times where she covers Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. Divya has been a journalism fellow for several programs including the Asia Journalism Fellowship at Singapore and the KAS Media Asia- The Caravan for narrative journalism. Divya has a master's in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK. As an independent journalist Divya has written for Indian and foreign publications on domestic and international affairs.Read More

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