A mother-of-three was savagely murdered on a dark roadside after being tricked into returning home by her estranged husband following a furious marital row. Devaki, 24, died after her husband Chinna, 34, slit her throat in the middle of a street in Chennai, India, having lured her back under the guise of reuniting for their young family.
Police revealed the couple had been embroiled in frequent, heated arguments over Devaki’s online activity and her friendships with other men on Instagram. Following a bitter dispute over her social media accounts, Devaki moved out of the marital home and went to live with her mother in a neighbouring town. Desperate to trace her, Chinna reached out on Instagram, messaging his estranged wife and begging her to come back for the sake of their three young children – two daughters and a son.
Tragically, Devaki agreed to meet him. The couple spent around two hours talking at their former home before Chinna suggested they go for a drive in his auto-rickshaw, according to Times of India.
Chinna persuaded Devaki, who had recently been learning to drive the three-wheeled vehicle, to take the wheel while he sat in the passenger seat behind her.
When they reached an isolated stretch of road, Chinna pulled out a concealed knife and slashed her throat from behind. Devaki collapsed onto the tarmac with catastrophic injuries as her attacker fled the scene. Terrified passers-by spotted her lying on the road and immediately raised the alarm with emergency services.
Detectives launched an urgent investigation, tracing the auto-rickshaw’s registration number using eyewitness accounts from the scene.
Chinna was tracked down hours later, found drinking with friends behind a nearby police station. Officers descended on the location and arrested him around midnight.
During police questioning, Chinna confessed to the brutal killing, admitting he suspected his wife of having an affair with another man and had deliberately lured her back via social media to carry out the attack.
He remains in custody as murder investigations continue.
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