Man gets five years RI
The Additional District Judge–I here on Tuesday sentenced Ramasamy (45) of Mettupalayam to five years Rigorous Imprisonment as he was found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law by attacking him using a sickle.
The prosecution case was that Ramasamy attacked Ayyasamy when he tried to prevent him from beating his wife
Kumutharani on October 13, 2013 in an inebriated condition.
Ayyasamy was admitted to the Mettupalayam Government Hospital, and was discharged a few days later.
Three weeks later he developed pain on his head and was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, where he died on the November 5.
Ramasamy was booked under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was arrested.
Boy dies
A. Leodas (8) died after the sari with which he was playing got entangled around his neck at his house at Bannariyamman Koil Street in Avarampalayam. He was taken to a private hospital, and later to another hospital in Madurai, where he died on Monday.
Woman held for theft
The police on Monday arrested P. Kanjana (48) on the charge of stealing Rs. 1 lakh, and gold jewellery weighing about 35 gm from her neighbour’s house at Pattanam, near Sulur, on Monday.
She used to visit the house of Selvaraj often. On Monday, when he and his wife went out, she picked up the key to the house and tried to escape with the valuables.
Four held
A court in Avinashi remanded four accused of kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old boy from Cheyur.
The accused were Kumaresan (24), Shanmugasundaram (23), Ravi (21) and Karthi (21).
The body of the boy was recovered from Erode district on Monday. evening.
Fire at mill
The Fire and Rescue Services personnel on Tuesday extinguished a fire that broke out at a spinning mill, near here, from waste cotton kept on its premises. of the mill caught fire
Infant found dead
The body of a new born girl was found inside a garbage bin kept along the Tirupur-Mangalam road on Tuesday evening.
The body was found wrapped in a plastic cover.and thrown into the bin.
