CHENNAI: In a tragic incident in the wee hours of Monday, a 36-year-old man in Chennai killed his seven-year-old son and slashed his wife’s neck with a blade, due to stress from alleged financial losses.
The man then left the house and killed himself at Villivakkam Railway Station. The woman is undergoing treatment at a government hospital.
A probe is underway to ascertain the details of the incident.
According to the Thirumanglam police, Naveen Kanna was employed as an audit officer at the Controller of Defence Accounts (CDA) office in Teynampet.
His wife, Niveditha (34) worked at the Perambur Loco Works. The couple had a seven-year-old son, Laven Kanna, a Class II student at a private school.
A police officer told TNIE that preliminary inquiries suggest Naveen lost money in an online investment and had been in financial strain.
“Around 3 am on Monday, Naveen killed his son and attacked his wife with a blade. After which, he fled the spot. Upon information, the police rushed to the spot and sent the woman and child to a hospital, where the child was declared dead. The woman has been admitted for treatment but her condition is critical,” the officer said.
The police registered a case and began an inquiry to trace and locate Naveen. Around 11 am on Monday, they received an alert about a body found along the tracks at Villivakkam Railway Station, which was then sent for a postmortem. It was later identified to be Naveen.
The officer added that the circumstances leading to the deaths are not clear at present and that further investigation is underway about the loss of money and the sequence of events from Sunday night to Monday morning.
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