Chennai: A 33-year-old autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death by a 53-year-old man in Chakkarapani Thottam on Paper Mills Road in Perambur on Tuesday night.The deceased, Ramesh, was separated from his wife, Sharmila, and had been in a relationship with Gayathri, 31, 53-year-old Babu’s daughter. Babu had objected to their relationship, but the two continued to meet, police said.Police said Babu went to Ramesh’s house around 9 pm on Tuesday and an argument broke out. During the altercation, Babu took a concealed blade from a nail clipper and stabbed Ramesh in the area between his left collarbone and neck before fleeing.After a while, Ramesh’s grandmother, Palaniyammal, found him dead and alerted neighbours, who informed the police. Inspector Gopal of Sembium police station recovered the body and sent it to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for post-mortem examination.Police registered a murder case and arrested Babu on murder charges. He was produced before a magistrate court on Wednesday and remanded in judicial custody.
