COIMBATORE: Police have formed three special teams to nab an RS Puram-based couple, who allegedly murdered a 37-year-old woman. Police identified the deceased as Malar, daughter of Arumugam of Erode district. An employee of Ganapathy Cements and Tiles shop at Bhavani, Malar, a divorcee, was staying with her parents.
On Sunday morning, Malar visited her employer R Navaneethan at his residence on Kannusamy Street at RS Puram, a police officer said. "Navaneethan had rushed her to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital with serious burn injuries. He told police that the woman set herself on fire in a bathroom of his house," he said.