Coimbatore
According to the police, Sabariraj (45), a construction contractor from Lakshmi Nagar near Kinathukadavu, received a call from his relative inviting him and wife Parimalam for a housewarming ceremony on Sunday morning.
After speaking, Sabariraj gave the phone to his wife. She, however, refused to speak. Upset over this, Sabariraj picked up a knife from the kitchen and allegedly stabbed himself multiple times.
A shocked Parimalam rushed him to the Pollachi government hospital. However, doctors declared Sabariraj to have been brought dead, the police said.
Parimalam works as a lab technician in a government school while her daughter is studying in a private college.
The Kinathukadavu police have registered a case and furtherinvestigation is on.
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