Drunk man murders woman near Trichy

TRICHY: A 75-year-old woman was murdered by an inebriated man in a village near Kallakudi in Trichy district on Sunday.
The deceased, identified as K Palaniammal, was from North Street at Kovandakurichi in Lalgudi taluk. The accused, P Anthonysamy, 57, of the same village, has been arrested by the police.
The dead body was found on Monday with injuries on the forehead. It was lying next to the shack where she was living.
The preliminary enquiry conducted by the Kallakudi police revealed that Palaniammal had been living alone following her husband's demise and daughter's marriage.
On Sunday night, Palaniammal was sleeping when Anthonysamy arrived and picked up a fight with her. As the fight escalated, he clobbered her with a log, resulting in her death.
The body was sent to the Lalgudi Government Hospital for postmortem.