Woman held under Goondas for killing hubby

Theni: A 29-year-old woman from Theni district, who murdered her husband with the help of her paramour and another person in November 2020, was detained under the Goondas Act on Tuesday. The other two were already detained under the same Act.

The accused was identified as K Kalaiarasi from Melapatti near Kadamalaikundu. Kalaiarasi was in an extramarital relationship with P Sethupathi. Her husband K Muthukalai learnt about the affair and picked up a quarrel with her. Kalaiarasi decided to eliminate him and hatched a plan along with Sethupati. The two paid Rs 1 lakh to one Ganesan and took his help.

On November 2, 2020 Kalaiarasi took her husband to a farmland. Ganesan and Sethupathi, who were hiding there murdered Muthukalai using an iron rod. They then dumped the body in a well. Initially, a man missing case but later altered as a murder case. tnn