Newly-wed woman found hanging from ceiling fan

COIMBATORE: A 23-year-old woman, who had got married just two months ago, committed suicide at her father’s house at Kalikkanaickenpalayam on the outskirts of the city on Friday.


N Soundarya, daughter of N Ranganathan, had married M Naveenkumar, 28, of Sundarapuram on November 14, police source said. “Her mother had passed away 15 years ago. Her father is a labourer. While the woman is a civil engineering graduate, her husband had failed in Class X. He was working as an electrician in a private firm. The couple were staying at Sundarapuram,” a police officer said.

Soundarya and Naveenkumar used to argue frequently over the lack of the man’s educational qualification, the officer said. “They had visited the bride’s house a few days ago to celebrate Pongal . On January 16, the couple, along with their relatives, visited

Kodiveri dam

in

Erode

and returned home in the evening. Naveenkumar left his wife at his father-in-law’s house on January 17 for work, telling her that he would be back in a few days. The woman, who was depressed, used her sari to hang herself from the ceiling,” the officer told TOI.

Thondamuthur

police have registered a case.