Professor gets death sentence for killing wife

Professor gets death sentence for killing wife

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:05.03.2021 

A 49-year-old professor, who killed his wife in 2012, was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a trial court in Chennai.

The man, V Kannan, was the head of the MBA department at a private college in Kavaraipettai and was married to Mohanambal of Mettur. The couple lived in an apartment in Anna Nagar. The two had a troubled marriage as the woman was unhappy with the low income of her husband.

According to public prosecutor V Muralikrishnan, Mohanambal was from a wealthy family and often the couple fought over the disparity in wealth between the two families.

On December 16, 2012, the two went shopping in T Nagar but returned home after a quarrel. The next day, during an argument, Kannan picked up a grinding stone and bludgeoned Mohanambal’s head. After she swooned, he slit her throat.

The Thirumangalam police, who were investigating the case, said Kannan had confessed to the murder and said that his wife’s behaviour had provoked him to murder her. The defence counsel denied the allegations against the accused at the fourth additional sessions court.

However, judge A R V Ravi observed that the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced Kannan to death for the gruesome murder.