Police say they suspect that ingesting a poisonous substance led to the death of a woman from Salem, who was involved in the abduction of a child from Thiruchendur recently, in the custody of the Coimbatore District (Rural) Police on Monday.
The police claimed that the deceased, P. Thilagavathi (35), carried a poisonous substance with her when she and her husband P. Pandiyan (43) were detained by the police from Poondi and taken to the Alandurai police station on Monday noon.
According to the police, Thilagavathi hid the substance in her dress and consumed it in the restroom of the station. The woman collapsed soon after she returned from the restroom, the police claimed. Though the police rushed Thilagavathi to the primary health centre at Pooluvapatti, she was declared brought dead.
