Coimbatore woman, paramour get life term for murdering six-year-old son in 2020

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The Special Court for the proceedings of cases registered nether the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act successful Coimbatore connected Monday sentenced a pistillate and her paramour to beingness imprisonment for murdering her six-year-old lad successful 2020.

Judge K. Vivekananthan awarded the punishment to Divya (36) and Rajadurai (36) of Kovilmedu adjacent Saibaba Colony successful the city.

The Saibaba Colony constabulary had arrested them for murdering Divya’s lad Abhishek successful April 2020. The pistillate had separated from her hubby and moved to a rented location adjacent Thudiyalur with her lad and three-year-old girl astir six period earlier the murder. The pistillate and taxi operator Rajadurai started a live-in relationship. The location proprietor forced them to vacate the spot aft uncovering them torturing the boy.

They aboriginal moved to a rented location astatine Kovilmedu wherever they continued to torture the boy. They bushed up the lad with objects specified arsenic ladle, chapati roller and stick, isolated from branding him with a blistery knife, connected April 18, 2020. The boy’s information deteriorated and helium died the adjacent day.

Pronouncing the quantum of sentence, the tribunal ordered that Divya should acquisition beingness imprisonment aft serving 10 years of imprisonment. Rajadurai was sentenced to acquisition treble beingness imprisonment aft a 13-year jailhouse term. He was besides awarded a good of ₹1.5 lakh.

Published - June 22, 2026 06:43 p.m. IST

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