Couple charred to death in hut at village near Chengam in Tiruvannamalai

A 55-year-old husbandman and his woman were recovered charred to decease successful their hut, which was locked from the outside, connected a farmland astatine Pakkiripalayam colony adjacent Chengam municipality successful Tiruvannamalai connected Friday.

The constabulary identified the deceased arsenic T. Sakthivel and his woman S. Amirtham, 40. Sakthivel was a erstwhile ward councillor successful the Pakkiripalayam colony panchayat and a DMK cadre. Initial enquiry revealed that Sakthivel was archetypal joined to Tamilisai, 50. The mates person 3 sons. After immoderate misunderstandings, the mates separated, with Tamilisai surviving with her children successful Bengaluru for the past 5 years. The constabulary said Sakthivel met Amirtham erstwhile she was moving astatine his leased paddy farm. Amirtham was besides estranged from her hubby Sivakumar, 45, who lived successful the aforesaid colony with his 3 children.

The constabulary said aft their marriage, Sakthivel and Amirtham lived successful a hut connected the farmland successful the village. Past midnight connected Friday, unidentified persons reportedly acceptable the hut connected occurrence aft locking the doorway from the outside. The mates was charred to death.

Based connected an alert from neighbours, the constabulary reached the spot astir 7 a.m. The bodies were sent to the Government Medical College Hospital successful Tiruvannamalai municipality for a post-mortem. Tiruvannamalai Superintendent of Police M. Sudhakar formed peculiar teams to nab the suspects. A probe is nether way.