Driver kills wife over alleged affair with painter

Suspecting the fidelity of his wife, a man strangled her to death early Saturday, police said.

The crime was reported from Chitode in Erode district.

According to the police, the couple, which has two children, has been quarrelling over the alleged affair the woman was having with a painter.

The man, a driver by profession, told his 28-year-old wife to stop contacting the alleged lover, but she reportedly used to secretly meet him, the police said.

This angered the driver so much that he murdered her this morning and surrendered before the police.