CHENNAI: A man who wanted to take revenge on his "quarrelling" wife, devised a plan that landed him in jail.

The man, identified as

, 37, called the police control room from his mobile number, after getting drunk, and said he had overheard his wife talking to someone about planting bombs at

.

According to police, Saravanan executed the plan to teach his "pestering" wife - who often quarrelled with him over trivial issues - a lesson.

Around 6.25pm on Tuesday, he told Malarvizhi (a control room employee on duty) that he had often overheard his wife Munni talking to some strange people. He claimed that he had come to know that his wife was going to plant bombs at Chennai Central railway station and that they would go off on Wednesday. He then disconnected the call.

The control room staff informed the

to trace the suspect using the mobile number recorded on their caller ID.

Police traced Saravanan and he was taken to police station for questioning. During the interrogation, Saravanan confessed his plan to trap his wife. The

police have registered a case and arrested him.

Saravanan and Munni have two sons and one daughter. He worked as a painter cum carpenter in the locality.