55-yr-old man arrested for killing wife

Coimbatore: The city police on Thursday arrested a 55-year-old resident of the slum clearance board’s Ammankulam housing unit for killing his wife.
M Thangaraj, a construction worker, had set his wife Kamala, 50, on fire on Wednesday following a domestic dispute, police sources said. The woman was battling for life at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and died without responding to treatment on Thursday.
Thangaraj had doused kerosene on Kamala and set her ablaze following an argument over his extra-marital relationship around 9.30pm on Wednesday.She suffered 50% burns.
Based on Kamala’s complaint, Ramanathapuram police inspector Murugesan registered a case against Thangaraj under Section 307 (attempt to murder), 294 (b) ((sings, recites or utters any obscene song, ballad or words in or near any public place)), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him on Thursday. He was lodged in the Pollachi sub-jail. After Kamala died, the FIR was altered to include murder charge.
Kamala’s body was handed over to the family on Friday.