Coimbatore: The Tirupur police on Wednesday arrested a Dharapuram resident and her eldest son for killing her 27-year-old son.
The arrested people were identified as N Thamilarasi, 52, of Alangiyam and N Satheesh Kumar, 30.
The deceased was identified as N Chinnu. “He was addicted to alcohol and used to fight with his family. Around 5.30pm on Tuesday, Chinnu came home drunk and created a ruckus. When he attacked her, Thamilarasi grabbed a pestle and hit him. Chinnu died of head injuries,” a police officer said.
The Alangiyam police sent the body to the Dharapuram government hospital for postmortem.
Thamilarasi and Satheesh Kumar were arrested under Section 302 (murder) of IPC and remanded in Dharapuram sub-jail.