A local court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife by pouring acid on her in 2012.
Third additional district Court Judge B Karthikeyan sentenced Thambi to life imprisonment and also slapped a penalty of Rs 5,000 on him, failing which he would have to undergo another six months imprisonment.
The prosecution case was that Thambi from Perur area here had married one Chandralekha, after leaving his wife and a daughter in 2007.
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Chandralekha was already married once.
After he became paralytic and could not go to work, he started suspecting his wife's fidelity. On November 6, 2012, he poured acid on her while she was speaking to a person.
She suffered serious burn injuries and was admitted to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, where she died without responding to treatment 22 days later.
Thambi was arrested soon after. The case had been going on in the Additional District Court.
