In the last three days, two instances of murder have been reported in the city. In both of them, the motive has been sexual jealousy.
In Indira Nagar under Kancharapalem police station limits, a 30-year-old man was done to death allegedly by the husband of a woman with whom the deceased was said to be having an affair.
Similarly, under Gopalapatnam police station limits, a woman allegedly conspired with her paramour and brother to eliminate her husband.
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According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-I) C.M. Trivikram Varma, the motive is the same in most such instances.
Out of eight murder cases reported so far this year, five have been categorised as ‘murder due to sexual jealousy’. In 2013, the figure stood at 24 and in 2014 it was 28.
According to DCP (Zone-II) G. Ramgopal Naik, the motive behind 80 per cent of murders is sexual jealousy or illicit affair between a man and a woman.
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The motives are classified under five categories: sexual jealousy, murder for gain, murder for property gains, political, and revenge murders.
Among them, sexual jealousy tops the list, Dr. Naik says.
“Wife or husband having an illicit affair is an emotional issue and most of the murders are committed in a fit of provocation,” he says.
“Such things happen mainly because of growing distance between couples,” he adds.
Citing the instance at Kancharapalem, he says, “The couple separated a few years ago. The woman was leading a lonely life and in an economic crisis. The deceased took advantage of it and developed intimacy. But when he started harassing her, things went out of control and the woman hatched a plan with her estranged husband and got rid of him.”
According to Dr. Trivikram Varma, family counselling at the right time prevents such instances.