A 45-year-old woman was hacked to death while alone at her house in Kandan Colony in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, police said, and a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder.
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The deceased was identified as Sasikala, wife of Chithiraivel, who was alone at her house on Third Street in Kandan Colony, near the Third Mile area, when the incident took place, ANI reported. Thoothukudi District Superintendent of Police Siva Prasad said police received information about the murder at around 2.30 p.m. and immediately launched an operation.
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Police identified the arrested suspect as Vignesh Chandra Munees, a close relative of the deceased, the SP said. A second report named the arrested man as Vignesh Kumar, also known as Munees, described him as Sasikala's nephew, and said the stolen gold chain and mobile phone had been recovered. Police said the motive behind the murder was yet to be ascertained.
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The killing has also triggered a political row over law and order in the district. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, in a post on X, claimed that seven murders had taken place in Thoothukudi in four days and questioned the district police over the incidents. That figure is Stalin's claim, made as a political criticism, and has not been independently established in the reports.
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Police said the investigation is under way to establish the motive and the full sequence of events. The arrested man is an accused at this stage, and the allegations against him have yet to be tested in court.