Woman, daughter hang to death

Coimbatore: A 58-year-old woman and her 38-year-old daughter with learning difficulties committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of their house at Annur on Wednesday.
The Annur police identified the deceased as P Sundari and her daughter P Chellammal, of Kemmanaickenpalayam.
According to an investigation officer, Sundari had undergone an eye surgery around six months ago. “Three days ago, she developed fever. On Tuesday, her son Vadivel had promised to take her to a private hospital for treatment the next day. She was also frustrated about looking after her daughter.”
On Tuesday around 9pm, the officer said, Sundari and Chellammal went to their tiled roof house in the same village for spending the night. “When Vadivel went to wake them up on Wednesday morning, the front door was locked from inside and there was no response when he knocked on the door. With the help of neighbours, he broke open the door and found his mother and sister hanging from the ceiling of the house.”
Vadivel alerted the Annur police, who retrieved the dead bodies and sent them to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem. The bodies were handed over to the family members after the autopsy.
The Annur police have registered a case under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and further investigation is on.