Woman murders hubby with tenant’s help, both held

Coimbatore: A 58-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man were arrested on Saturday for beating her 60-year-old husband to death with a cricket bat on August 31.
The Sulur police identified the accused as Rajamani, wife of G Kaliyappan, of Neelambur and their tenant N Arikrishnan, a native of Alangulam in Tenkasi district.
An investigation officer said Kaliyappan was murdered when he went out for morning walk on Avinashi Road at 6am on Monday. “When he neared GRD Damodaran Academy of Management, an unidentified person followed him and assaulted him with a cricket bat. The incident was recorded on a CCTV camera.”
Kaliappan was rushed to a private hospital, where he succumbed to his head injuries the same night. The Sulur police later collected the CCTV footage and registered a murder case.
“Arikrishnan was one of his tenants. Kaliyappan used to make lewd comments at his wife. When Arikrishnan warned him, Kaliyappan stopped providing water to the tenant and cut the powerlines also,” the officer said. Arikrishnan informed Kaliyappan's wife Rajamani about the issue and she allegedly asked him to kill her husband, who she said used to misbehave with women. She also agreed to pay him to execute the murder, the officer said. TNN