NST, April 29 2009
The murder of a woman in front of her house here on Monday is believed to be related to a similar attack on her husband two months ago. The husband of T. Selvi, 44, was attacked during the Chinese New Year period in his workshop in Taman Sri Putra.
P. Balasandran, 53, was viciously slashed by four men who left him for dead. He survived after being hospitalised for more than a month.
Police said the attack on his wife was equally vicious and it looked like hired killers were used.
This was based on the wounds sustained by the victim who showed that the killers stabbed her directly in the heart.
“They wanted to finish her off. They did not want to make mistakes like they did with her husband,” said a source.
Police have yet to arrest anyone in both those incidents which they believed were linked to the couple’s money-lending activities.
In the incident on Monday, Selvi was followed by two men on a motorcycle from a gymnasium to her home in Taman Cempaka.
Selvi was believed to have worked out in the gym and was on her way back when she realised she was being tailed by the men.
It was learnt that she tried to lose them along the way but they caught up with her just as she reached her front gate.
She was in a frantic state and screamed for help while waiting for the automatic gate to open.
As her children were at home then, she ran to the opposite house to seek help from several Indonesian workers carrying out renovation work there. But before they could help, she was brutally stabbed and slashed in her chest and abdomen.
Despite the attack, Selvi contacted her husband with the help of the Indonesian workers. Her husband later rushed his bleeding wife to the Banting Hospital but she succumbed to her injuries.
The couple have a 21-year-old son and two girls aged 15 and 13.
Those with information on the case can contact the Banting district police headquarters at 03-31872222 or the nearest police station.
Police said the attack on his wife was equally vicious and it looked like hired killers were used.
This was based on the wounds sustained by the victim who showed that the killers stabbed her directly in the heart.
“They wanted to finish her off. They did not want to make mistakes like they did with her husband,” said a source.
Police have yet to arrest anyone in both those incidents which they believed were linked to the couple’s money-lending activities.
In the incident on Monday, Selvi was followed by two men on a motorcycle from a gymnasium to her home in Taman Cempaka.
Selvi was believed to have worked out in the gym and was on her way back when she realised she was being tailed by the men.
It was learnt that she tried to lose them along the way but they caught up with her just as she reached her front gate.
She was in a frantic state and screamed for help while waiting for the automatic gate to open.
As her children were at home then, she ran to the opposite house to seek help from several Indonesian workers carrying out renovation work there. But before they could help, she was brutally stabbed and slashed in her chest and abdomen.
Despite the attack, Selvi contacted her husband with the help of the Indonesian workers. Her husband later rushed his bleeding wife to the Banting Hospital but she succumbed to her injuries.
The couple have a 21-year-old son and two girls aged 15 and 13.
Those with information on the case can contact the Banting district police headquarters at 03-31872222 or the nearest police station.
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