Tamil Nadu: Man held for driving wife to suicide

COIMBATORE: A Palladam resident was arrested for driving his 23-year-old wife to commit suicide on Wednesday.
Police identified him as Faizal Ahamed, 27, of Sabari Nagar at Arumuthampalayam near Palladam. He had married Mubeena of Valparai four years ago. The couple has two sons.
“Ahamed suspected Mubeena character and used to beat her. Unable to bear his torture, she had left for her parent’s house eight months ago and had returned after he pacified her. On Wednesday, Ahamed asked her to make tea while she was feeding their son. She told him that she was busy and asked him to prepare it. He got angry and thrashed her. He later left the house along with their one-year-old son,” a police officer said.
“Ahamed returned after some time and found Mubeena hanging. With his mother Fathima’s help, he brought down the body and shifted it to the bathroom. They removed the sari used for hanging and burnt it near their home. They told their neighbours that Mubeena suffered injuries after slipping on wet bathroom floor and died,” the officer told TOI.
The duo also informed the Palladam police who rushed to the spot and sent the body to the Palladam Government Hospital. Postmortem report revealed that she had committed suicide by hanging.
Police arrested Faizal on Thursday and he confessed to the crime on Friday. He was remanded in judicial custody.
Fathima will be arrested soon, the officer said.