COIMBATORE: A 50-year-old man in Coimbatore murdered his wife over a family dispute and committed suicide by consuming cow-dung power (a chemical dye) on Thursday morning.
The deceased have been identified as R Muthuraj, 50, of Kavundampalayam and his wife, M Manimegalai, 40. Muthuraj was a daily wage earner.
Police said the couple had two sons -- M Sriramachandran, 22, and M Gopalakrishnan, 21. Both are wall painters. Gopalakrishnan is staying in Udhagamandalam while Sriramachandran, who is married, lived with his parents.
According to police, Muthuraj suspected his wife’s character as she often received phone calls from various people while she suspected that her husband had extramarital affair with a young woman in the area. So, the couple often fought with each other.
On late Wednesday night, the couple had a quarrel. Later, they slept. Around 1am on Thursday, Muthuraj murdered Manimegalai by hitting her with a stone. Later, he ended his life by consuming cow dung powder.
Their daughter-in-law, Pavithra, found the dead bodies and alerted the Thudiyalur police.
Inspector of police Balamurali Sundaram and his team rushed to the spot. The police registered two cases under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 174 of the CrPC.
After postmortem, the bodies were handed over to the family members on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased have been identified as R Muthuraj, 50, of Kavundampalayam and his wife, M Manimegalai, 40. Muthuraj was a daily wage earner.
Police said the couple had two sons -- M Sriramachandran, 22, and M Gopalakrishnan, 21. Both are wall painters. Gopalakrishnan is staying in Udhagamandalam while Sriramachandran, who is married, lived with his parents.
According to police, Muthuraj suspected his wife’s character as she often received phone calls from various people while she suspected that her husband had extramarital affair with a young woman in the area. So, the couple often fought with each other.
On late Wednesday night, the couple had a quarrel. Later, they slept. Around 1am on Thursday, Muthuraj murdered Manimegalai by hitting her with a stone. Later, he ended his life by consuming cow dung powder.
Their daughter-in-law, Pavithra, found the dead bodies and alerted the Thudiyalur police.
Inspector of police Balamurali Sundaram and his team rushed to the spot. The police registered two cases under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 174 of the CrPC.
After postmortem, the bodies were handed over to the family members on Thursday afternoon.
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