Chennai: In a shocking incident at Kundrathur, a woman allegedly murdered her two children aged seven and five to elope with her lover.
According to police, Abirami (25) lived with her husband Vijay (30), who works at a private bank and her children Ajay (7) and Karumila (5) at Agastheeswarar Koil Street at Kundrathur here.
On Friday, while her husband had gone to office, she poisoned her children and eloped with her lover, Sundaram, who worked at a biriyani shop nearby.
When Vijay returned home by 5 am this morning, he found the house unlocked and his children frothing from the mouth.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the couple had a love marriage eight years ago and moved to Kundrathur just five months back.
Abirami met Sundaram when the family dined at the hotel recently.
The duo planned to kill all three of them and elope to Nagercoil. However, Vijay escaped as he had to stay back in office for work. The police who arrived at the spot sent the bodies for postmortem to Chrompet Government Hospital.