An inspector has been suspended for allegedly not investigating the identity of a woman found murdered in the house of a man at Virudhunagar, 50 km from here, on February 2.
Police said the Inspector just believed the man’s statement that he had murdered his wife and arrested him.
Subsequent investigation by another Inspector revealed that the dead woman was his lover and that his actual wife was living in her home town Dindigul after being separated from him two years back.
The man confessed to having murdered her as she was badgering him constantly for money.
DIG of Police Ananth Kumar ordered the suspension of the inspector based on a report submitted to him by the Superintendent of Police.