Man poisons lover to death, tries to kill self

Coimbatore: A 28-year-old man poisoned his 33-year-old lover to death and attempted to commit suicide at her house at Perumalpudur village near Vellakoil in Tirupur district on Saturday night. He is battling for life at the Tirupur government hospital.
A police officer said T Vivek, of Muthur in Vellakoil, was having an affair with Sangeetha, wife of Yuvaraj from Perumaludur, for the past one year. She has a 10-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son.
According to him, Vivek, who was drunk, barged into her house around 10.30pm on Saturday, pushed her husband out and locked the door.
“When Yuvaraj and relatives broke the back door and entered the house, they found him forcibly administering her celphos (aluminum phosphide) tablets. Vivek too took some of them,” the officer said.
Sangeetha died on the spot. Vivek was, meanwhile, taken to the government hospital in Tirupur. The officer said his condition was critical.