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COIMBATORE: A village panchayat vice-president’s wife and her father murdered a 25-year-old youth near Periyamathampalayam on Monday night when the youth stabbed them during a quarrel.
The injured, Thulasimani, 38, and her father Nagaraj, 62, from Periyamathampalayam near Periyanaickenpalayam, were admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and their health condition is critical, a police officer said.
Police said the deceased, P Sureshkumar, of Netaji Nagar at Samanaickenpalayam near Periyanaickenpalayam, was working in a chicken shop owned by Thulasimani’s husband Ganeshan, 42, from Samanaickenpalayam.
Ganeshan, a DMK member and vice-president of Vellamadai village panchayat, fired Sureshkumar after he discovered that the latter was passing on information about his whereabouts to his wife. Ganeshan used to consume liquor with his friends, which his wife disliked and often picked up fight with him over it.