Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug 21: A former hockey player from Kodagu was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife after a fight took an ugly turn.

Kodagu Chenanda Naveen Appaiah (52) lived in the plush Agarwal Trinity Tower Society in Malad’s (West) Kachpada area with his 45-year-old wife Amita, 23-year-old son, Ganapathy, and a 15-year-old daughter.

On Saturday, Appaiah and his wife were enjoying a few drinks and started fighting on an issue. Things went out of control when Amita in anger brought a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Appaiah several times in the chest and abdomen. She then injured herself.

The neighbours who heard the commotion informed the police control room and rushed to Appaiah’s apartment, to find him lying in a pool of blood.

The couple was rushed to Shatabdi hospital, and Appaiah was pronounced dead on arrival. Amita is undergoing treatment for her injures.

Naveen Appaiah who had represented the Indian national junior hockey team in his younger days went on to work for an Indian MNC. He had taken retirement from service.

Amita was Appaiah’s second wife and was working in a private company. She is known to be short tempered and the couple used to frequently fight over petty issues, according to neighbours.

Amita has been booked under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with murder. Police said that the initial investigation suggests that she committed the crime following a family dispute.