His father-in-law died tragically when his son-in-law was hit by a PVC pipe during a family dispute near Ariyalur.
Selvaraj (61) hails from Maykaval Puthur village near Meenchuruthy in Ariyalur district. Farmer. His daughter Jayanthi. In 2014, she married Thilakan from Chinnavalayam village. They have a son and a daughter. At the same time, there have been frequent family disputes between the wife and husband.
Jayanthi went home angry with her parents during a dispute last month. In this case, it is alleged that when Tilak called Jayanthi on his cell phone a few days back, he did not answer the call. Angered by this, Tilak went to Jayanthi’s house in Maykaval Puthur yesterday. At that time, Jayanthi locked the door and did not come out.
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This enraged Tilak who took the PCV pipe and tried to break it. Then, Thilakan came out and hit Selvaraja with his PVC pipes and he escaped. Selvaraja was rushed to a private hospital in Jayankonda by his family. Doctors who examined Selvaraja there said he was already dead.
On information, the Fisheries Police recovered Selvaraj’s body and sent it to a government hospital for postmortem. The Fisheries Police have registered a case against Selvaraj’s wife Devaki in connection with the incident.
