Mother booked for murder in family suicide bid

COIMBATORE: A woman has been booked for murdering her husband, K Elango, 50 and her 19-year-old daughter, Vidhya after serving them food mixed with poison at her residence in Kanjikoil in Erode district on Monday. Unable to run the family on her meager income Padmavathi, 45 attempted to commit suicide along with her family. But, she and her son Karthikeyan, 23, who had also consumed the food were admitted to the Erode government hospital in an unconscious state.
At 5am on Monday, Karthikeyan had phoned his relative N Elango, 34, and informed him of their plan to consume food mixed with poison. Elango rushed to the house and found the door was locked from inside. With the help of neighbours, he broke open the door and found Elango and Vidhya dead. Padmavathi and Karthikeyan were unconscious and they were taken to the Erode government hospital. Witnesses alerted the Kanjikoil police who went to the house and held an inquiry with the neighbours. The bodies were sent to Perunduari government hospital.
Police said, Elango was working at a garment unit and his son Karthikeyan was unemployed. He was also an alcoholic. Padmavathi was not able to run the family on her meager income. Her relatives helped to pay for Vidhya's education.
"Padmavathi cooked chicken curry on Sunday night. They ate chicken and rice mixed with poison, early Monday morning. We suspect that she was frustrated with her life and thus poisoned the food," said Baskaran, deputy superintendent of police, Perundurai sub-division.
Kanjikoil police has registered a case against the mother under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 309 (attempt to commit suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
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