‘Psycho killer’ on prowl in Tirupur, kills 1, injures two

Jothilakshmi (65), wife of Subramani from Lakshmi Nagar, near Eripalayam in Udumalpet, was fast asleep on a pushcart in front of her house on Sunday night. Around 1am, the assailant smashed her head with a hollow block stone. 

She bled to death on the spot. On hearing some noise, Jothilakshmi’s daughter-in-law Kalaivani rushed out, but she too came under attack from the miscreant,” police said.

He hit her with a stone on head. As she collapsed, the culprit fled from the spot. Not to stop his attacking spree, he then got into a thatched house in the neighbourhood and attacked one Jayalakshmi (30), wife of Raman with a stone,” the police said.

The villagers gathered around and launched a hunt for the culprit, but could not trace him anywhere. On receiving information, the Udumalpet police rushed to the spot and sent the severely-injured women to Udumalpet Government Hospital.

The body of the deceased was also sent for a post-mortem. The police suspect that the murderer doesn’t have any motive behind his act and suspect him to be a ‘psycho’. A case has been registered and a search in on to nab the absconding culprit.