Coimbatore: A 36-year-old woman, along with her 32-year-old lover, murdered her husband by strangling him on the premises of a private firm at Seerapalayam near Madukkarai in the early hours of Tuesday. Police have arrested the two and exhumed the dead body.
The Madukkarai police identified the deceased as R Nagaraj, 36, of Chandrapuram near Negamam.
A police officer said Nagaraj had married Amutha, 36, of Madukkarai Market, around eight months ago, after the demise of his first wife. “It was also Amutha’s second marriage. Her first husband had died a few years ago and with him she had two daughters and a son. After the marriage, Nagaraj had moved in with Amutha and her kids at her residence at Madukkarai Market.”
The officer said the couple had joined Amala Minerals, a kolapodi supplying private firm at Seerapalayam area near Madukkarai, for work four days ago. “Amutha instantly fell for co-worker S Shankar, of Lakshmipuram near Ottapidaram in Thoothukudi district and they developed an extra-marital affair. A welder, he was staying on the premises of the firm,” the officer said.
According to the officer, Amutha was not home when Nagaraj returned home in an inebriated condition on Monday night. “He immediately went to the private firm, where he found his wife in the company of Shankar. Nagaraj fought with Shankar and tried to attack him. Shankar took a hammer and beat Nagaraj on his chest and later strangulated him. Amutha also helped him murder her husband. Later, the duo buried the dead body near the private firm around 12.05am on Tuesday.”
The firm owner, Mayilvaganam, 57, found the pit filled with sand and informed the Madukkarai police, who exhumed the dead body in the presence of Madukkarai tahsildar Nagaraj and sent that to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem. tnn