Rivalry in business leads to woman’s murder

Chittoor: Rajeswari (43), a resident of Thotapalem street in the city murdered by her business rival Jayaraju (34) here on Tuesday evening, according to DSP V Subba Rao. After committing crime, the accused rushed to I Town police station and surrendered himself before police and confessed his crime. The deceased was a financier, who used to collect high rate of interest from borrowers.

She had business dealings with the accused for the last five years. The DSP said that tiff arose between them over the maintenance of a business. On Tuesday, Jayaraju entered the house of the deceased and murdered her with knife. A case was registered.