M. Periyasamy, 40, husband of Poompidagai village panchayat president Niranjana, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a farm in Nangur near A. Mukkulam on Friday.
Police said Periyasamy went out of his house on Wednesday night and did not return. Passers-by noticed him lying dead in a farm around Friday noon.
The body has been sent to Virudhunagar Government Medical College Hospital.