Thirty-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, whose body was found stuffed in a drum and buried near a burial ground in neighbouring Tiruvallur district, police said on Wednesday.

The man, identified as Silambarasan, had confessed to the crime, said Vivekananda Shukla, Superintendent of Police, Tiruvallur district.

"He confessed to strangling her to death on August 14 and disposing of her body about 3 km from their house," said Shukla. Based on the information, the police recovered the body.

According to the SP, Silambarasan suspected that his wife, 26-year-old Priya, had many affairs. "Our investigations revealed that because of this the couple used to fight often," said Shukla.

It was Priya's father, Srinivasan, who had filed a missing complaint with Arambakkam P

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