Chennai: Love affairs and sexual causes besides family disputes were the major reasons behind 1,747 murders committed in 2011, Tamil Nadu government said on April 24. The number of murders committed due to “love affairs and sexual causes,” wordy quarrel and personal enmity showed marginal increase, according to the policy note of the Home Department tabled in the Tamil Nadu assembly by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who holds the portfolio. Family quarrel (440), wordy quarrel (325), personal enmity (421) and love affairs and sexual causes (347) contributed the major share to the 1747 murders, it said.
