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Woman tries to suffocate hubby, assaults him with sickle in Tamil Nadu
A woman allegedly attempted to murder her husband by suffocating him with a polythene cover and later assaulted him with a sickle in Tirupur, police said on Friday.
Updated on: May 15, 2015, 19:07:31 IST
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A woman allegedly attempted to murder her husband by suffocating him with a polythene cover and later assaulted him with a sickle in Tirupur, police said on Friday.
After a quarrel with her husband, the accused Vanjiammal tied his hands and legs last night and covered his face with a polythene cover to suffocate him to death, they added.
The woman also hit her husband, Kannan, with a wooden log and attacked him with a sickle.
Hearing the noise, their children woke up and started screaming after which the neighbours rescued him and rushed to a government hospital, they said.
Vanjiammal surrendered to police stating that she had attempted to kill her husband as she was unable to bear his torture, police added.
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