THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a suspected case of murder, a 40-year-old woman was found dead in her house at Vilachikkala in Kollam on Thursday. Jasmine, wife of Shaiju Khan, is the deceased. The husband was also found unconscious in the same bedroom. The police suspect that the husband murdered the wife and then consumed poison to commit suicide.
Kannanalloor station house officer inspector Vipin Kumar U P said that the death was reported around 11 am on Thursday. The couple was found unconscious in the bedroom by their children. Soon they raised an alarm and neighbours reached there and rushed them to hospital. But, the doctors declared that Jasmine was dead on arrival. Shaiju Khan was later shifted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
“A note was recovered from the room in which it was mentioned that the family was under financial crisis,’’ the inspector said. Shaiju Khan earlier worked in Saudi Arabia. Three years ago he returned home. Though he ventured into many businesses none of it succeeded. Lately, the couple had been running a textile shop and a juice stall at Vilachikkala.
The inspector said that there were marks around Jasmine’s neck suggesting the possibility of strangulation.
