Woman, brother kill her alcoholic husband, held in Chennai – Times of India

CHENNAI: Police on Saturday night arrested a Mylapore resident and her brother for allegedly killing her husband in Mylapore.
Police said that Vanitha, along with her brother, smashed the head of her husband using an LPG cylinder. Her husband used to demand money from her to buy alcohol.
The deceased, S Kabali, 38, of PNK Garden was a house painter by profession and was addicted to alcohol. On Friday, Kabali’s aunt and neighbour Muthulakshmi found him lying unconscious inside his house when she went looking for him. She alerted his brother S Subramani, 40, of Royapettah, who in turn informed the Mylapore police. Police rushed to the spot and found Kabali lying dead. A case of suspicious death was registered as he had bled from ears and nose.
The body was sent for postmortem to Government Royapettah Hospital, where it was confirmed that he had died from a huge blow to the head.
Kabali’s wife Vanitha, who was staying at a relative’s house, was picked up for interrogation.
She told police on Saturday that she and her brother V Santhakumar, of Pallavaram, conspired to kill her husband before Santhakumar smashed his head with an LPG cylinder. Police said Vanitha complained that her husband treating her shabbily when she refused to give him money to buy alcohol. This led to repeated arguments between the two.
Before the day of Kabali’s death, Santhakumar sent the woman to arelative’s house. He told her that he was going to use a cylinder to kill Kabali. As per their plan, Santhakumar told Kabali that he would like to join him for a drink.
Soon after Kabali was drunk, Santhakumar killed him and left home around midnight. Based on Vanitha’s confession, her brother was arrested.
The brother-sister duo were booked bythe Mylapore police for murder and remanded in judicial custody.