chennai a man facing criminal cases stabbed his wife with the help of his friends on thursday night saying she had failed to take him out on bail she is battling for her life police saidaccording to thiruvanmiyur police rajesh 28 of kannagi nagar is a historysheeter he was arrested on july 23 and lodged at the central prison in puzhalrajeshs wife saranya 26 neither visited him in jail nor made any effort to get him out on bailwith the help of his friends rajesh came out on bail on wednesday after getting drunk he came home and picked up a fight with his wife however she ignored him and went to a friends househe later accused her of having a relationship outside wedlock and when she did not react rajesh got angry and decided to murder saranya with the help of his friends police saidon thursday around 530pm rajesh picked up saranya in an autorickshaw from kannagi nagar on the pretext of taking her to a temple in thiruvanmiyur he engaged her in a conversation till they reached sivasundar avenue where four men intercepted the vehicle and stabbed her on the chest hands and headafter they threw her in a park a few passersby came to her rescue and took her to a nearby private hospital where she was given firstaid before being shifted to government royapettah hospital her condition is said to be criticalon friday she gave a statement before a magistrate shortly thereafter a police team nabbed parthasarathy 23 a friend of rajesh in connection with the murder attempt police have launched a search for rajesh and three others in connection with the case they are also scanning cctv footage to establish the identity of others