Newly-wed kills husband in Kerala

MUNNAR (Kerala): Apparently unhappy in wedlock, a 24-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu allegedly killed her husband during their honeymoon trip to this hill station with the help of her paramour 10 days after marriage, police said on Monday.

 

Anantharaman (30) was strangled to death on Sunday by wife Vidyalakshmi's lover Anand and his friend Anburaj at a deserted spot nearby the Kundala dam, they said.

 

Vidyalakshmi was taken into custody on Monday morning, police said, adding that Anand and Anburaj were also arrested.
    
She was allegedly in love with Anand and conspired with him to kill Anantharaman, who she married on June 7.
    
The plan was first to kill Anantharaman at Guruvayur, where the couple had gone for worship, but were unable to carry out the plan, police said.
    
They then reached Munnar on Saturday, where Vidya accompanied her husband to the dam and was strangled, police said.

 

She raised alarm saying two persons had tried to snatch her gold ornaments and had killed her husband, police said.
    
On being questioned, the woman told the truth, police said.