Alcoholic murders wife, two sons with garden hoe

  • | Saturday | 21st July, 2018

In a fit of anger, Jayakumar attacked his wife with the handle side of a hoe.Seeing this, their sons tried to rescue her. Trichy: A 45-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife and two sons near Thanjavur on Thursday night. But Jayakumar attacked them too. While Jayakumar was unemployed, Anitha was working as a teacher in a private school. According to the police, the accused, Jayakumar of Annapan Pettai village, hacked his family to death with a garden hoe after an argument with his wife.The deceased were identified as Anitha, 40, Dinesh, 9, and Dharanesh, 7.

Trichy: A 45-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife and two sons near Thanjavur on Thursday night. According to the police, the accused, Jayakumar of Annapan Pettai village, hacked his family to death with a garden hoe after an argument with his wife.The deceased were identified as Anitha, 40, Dinesh, 9, and Dharanesh, 7. While Jayakumar was unemployed, Anitha was working as a teacher in a private school. Dinesh and Dharanesh were in Class V and Class II respectively in another private school.According to the police, the husband and wife had an issue for a long time owing to his alcohol addiction.The murder happened around 9.45pm when Jayakumar, who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, returned home and picked up a quarrel with his wife. In a fit of anger, Jayakumar attacked his wife with the handle side of a hoe.Seeing this, their sons tried to rescue her. But Jayakumar attacked them too. As a result, Anitha, Dinesh and Dharanesh suffered severe head injuries.Hearing their screams, the neighbours rushed to the house and sent the three of them to Thanjavur Government Medical College Hospital.While Dinesh and Dhanush were declared brought dead in hopital, Anitha succumbed to her injuries in the early hours on Friday.The Melathur police registered a case regarding the incident and arrested Jayakumar.

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