The Tiruchi District Rural Police on Friday arrested a 50-year-old man on charge of murdering a woman, allegedly due to a financial dispute at Kalingamudaiyanpatti near Thuraiyur.
According to police sources, Mallika, 45, a native of Rasipuram in Namakkal district, was separated from her husband and had been living with Palaniswamy, who hails from Uppiliyapuram.
On Friday, Palaniswamy hit Mallika on her head with a hammer while she was sleeping in their house in Kalingamudaiyanpatti. She died on the spot. The reason for murder was said to be a financial dispute between them.
The Thuraiyur police sent her body to the Government Hospital at Thuraiyur for an autopsy. The police registered a case under Section 302 (Punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested Palaniswamy.
