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Woman awarded death sentence

COIMBATORE, APRIL 20: A woman, who had murdered her husband, mother-in-law and a 15-year-old boy ON September 20, 1998, was today sentence...

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COIMBATORE, APRIL 20: A woman, who had murdered her husband, mother-in-law and a 15-year-old boy ON September 20, 1998, was today sentenced to death by an additional sessions judge here.

According to police, Rajathi, a resident of Kallupalayamin Tirupur, after learning that her husband had an illicit affair with a neighbour, hacked Bhoopathy (husband) and Kaliammal (mother-in-law) to death.

After committing the crime, she went to the neighbour’s house and attacked four others, resulting in the death of a 15-year old boy, police said.

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