Enraged over her husband questioning her fidelity, a woman inflicted knife injuries on him, but later committed suicide repenting her act at Narasimhanaickenpalayam on the outskirts of the city today.
Police said the 56-year-old man used to frequently pick up quarrels with his wife over this issue and did so this morning too. In a fit of rage, she took a kitchen knife and slashed at her husband, asking why he was suspecting her at even at this age. The man ran out screaming and neigbours took him to a nearby hospital.
Fearing the worst, the woman committed suicide by hanging in her house, police said.
——PTI