Woman gets life for killing mother-in-law
TNN, May 19, 2010, 03.38am IST
CHENNAI: A mahila court on Monday awarded life sentence to a woman for murdering
her mother-in-law, who suspected her of infidelity.
According to the police, Shantha Bai was found dead in her Triplicane residence
on May 31, 2007. She had reportedly been stabbed in 79 places on her body. The
police, who recovered the body, found that Shantha Bai and her daughter-in-law
Lakshmi often quarrelled.
The police then questioned Lakshmi who confessed to having committed the murder.
A kitchen knife, allegedly used by Lakshmi to kill her mother-in-law, was
recovered and she was arrested and remanded in judicial custody. Lakshmi told
the police during interrogation that her mother-in-law suspected her of
infidelity and often fought with her over small issues. After one such fight on
May 31, 2007, Lakshmi said, she beat up Shantha Bai, pushed her into the store
room, took a kitchen knife and stabbed her all over the body.
The police filed a chargesheet in the mahila court located on the High Court
campus. Judge Mohammad Jabarullahkhan on Monday sentenced Lakshmi to life and
imposed a fine of Rs 10,000. She was then remanded in the women's prison in
Puzhal.
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