Chennai, July 21 -- A 28-year-old man stabbed his wife to death at Kulithalai government hospital in Tamil Nadu on Sunday while she was undergoing treatment after he had assaulted her a day ago, police said.

The accused has been identified as R Vishruth (28) and the deceased as V Shruthi (27). The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday in Kulithalai in Karur district, police said. While Shruthi worked as a teacher in a private school, Vishruth was an on-call driver.

"The husband had suspected that his wife was having an affair. They fought on Saturday night in their house and he hit her. She had a nose injury and neighbours had admitted her to the hospital," Kulithalai deputy superintendent of police, Senthil Kumar said. "We h...