A 30-year-old man of Avarampalayam, near Peelamedu, in the city consumed poison after allegedly beating his wife to death using a hammer, during the early hours of Wednesday. The police said that theirs was a love marriage and that she was pregnant for five months.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that the accused M. Naveen Prasad (30), a diploma in mechanical engineering, owned a workshop. The police said that he lived in Avarampalayam and fell in love with the victim Mariammal alias Sindhu Priya (24), his neighbour.
They got married on March 23, 2014, and lived in the same area. The police said that Naveen used to get drunk and pick a quarrel with his wife.
Last week, she had a fight with her husband and went to her parent’s place and returned home on Tuesday.
Inquiries revealed that the couple fought in the same night. In the early hours of Wednesday, the milkman found her lying dead in a pool of blood on the road near their house and informed the police. The body was taken to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for post-mortem.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Pravesh Kumar visited the spot. A few hours later, Race Course Police found a man lying unconscious near Race Course.
They confirmed that it was Prasad and rushed him to the CMCH. The police said that he was not questioned till the late hours of Wednesday as he was under treatment.
They added that he will be arrested after he was discharged.
