56-year-old school teacher murdered by burglar in Erode

When husband returned home from morning walk, he found his wife lying dead with a stab injury on her neck and her gold chain of six-and-a-half sovereigns missing.

A woman school teacher was murdered in Erode on Sunday morning, August 20, allegedly by a burglar suspected to have entered the house, the police said.

According to the police, Manohar, 78, a retired railway employee and his wife Bhuvaneshwari, 56, working as a school teacher were living in Kollampalayam area near the Erode Municipal Corporation Higher Secondary School, Railway Colony branch.

On Sunday, Manohar left the house at 8 am as usual for his morning walk. When he returned home, he found his wife lying dead with a stab injury on her neck and her gold chain of six-and-a-half sovereigns missing, the police said.

On receiving the information, Erode South Police arrived at scene of the crime and, based on Manohar's complaint, registered a case of murder for gain. Police sniffer Dog 'Veera' was summoned and forensic experts collected fingerprints from inside the house, the police said about the ongoing investigation.