A woman from Salem, who along with her husband was allegedly involved in the abduction of a toddler from Tiruchendur on October 5, died after she was taken to custody by the Coimbatore District (Rural) Police on Monday.
P. Thilagavathi, wife of P. Pandiyan (43) from Pethanaickenpalayam near Attur in Salem district, died after collapsing at the Alandurai police station, said the police.
The Tiruchendur Temple police were on the look out for the couple on charges of abducting the one-and-a-half-year-old son of a Kanniyakumari native when the family had come to the Subramania Swamy temple on October 5. The couple abducted the child in a two-wheeler and the police managed to get surveillance camera visuals.
