Auto driver hacks woman to death in revenge for hitting him with slippers

A 52-year-old autorickshaw driver killed a 50-year-old woman over a grudge. Reportedly the woman, a vegetable seller, had hit him with slippers during an argument 10 days ago.

In Short

• Man stabs to death 50-year-old woman Gowri, seriously injures her husband Mari
• Attacker identified as a 52-year-old auto driver who attacked them in revenge
• He held grudge against the woman for hitting him with slippers during earlier quarrel

A 50-year-old woman was killed, and her husband grievously injured by a man who held a grudge against them.

The attack happened on Tuesday night on Sannathi Street in Thiruvottriyur area of northern Chennai, when the victim, Gowri, and her husband Mari were selling vegetables on the roadside.

According to those who witnessed the incident unfold, a man approached the couple and began attacking Gowri with a knife. When her husband tried to intervene and save her, the man attacked him as well.

Bystanders caught the attacker when the man tried to escape after attacking the two. The attacker was identified as 52-year-old Sekar who drives an autorickshaw. Sekar was later handed over to the police.

Gowri succumbed to her injuries despite giving her emergency medical care; her husband was taken to the nearby Stanley government hospital.

According to initial inquiry, Sekar held a grudge against Gowri as she had allegedly slapped him with slippers in an earlier altercation about 10 days ago.

That argument was over Sekar suspecting the couple of urinating in a spot where he usually slept. He confronted the two with that suspicion and picked up a quarrel with them. During that altercation, Gowri had reportedly hit him with slippers and he was angry about that.

The police were further investigating the case.