The Ashok Nagar police arrested a 31-year-old man on charges of murdering his wife on Thursday (December 25, 2025) night.
The city police said S. Praveen Kumar was married to Vidhya Bharathi; they lived in a rented house on 13th Street, Pudur, in Ashok Nagar, and had two children. Praveen Kumar, who worked as a generator mechanic, was an alcoholic, said the police.
The couple had frequent quarrels, and on Thursday night, when Praveen Kumar came home after consuming liquor, they had a fight, and he assaulted her. She lost consciousness in the attack.
Praveen Kumar’s family members rushed to her assistance and took her to the K.K. Nagar Government Hospital, where she was pronounced ‘brought dead’. The Ashok Nagar police sent the body for postmortem examination.
Published – December 26, 2025 12:54 pm IST
