Coimbatore: A detention of 47 years of detention, who lodged in Ceimbatore central prison for killing his third wife, committed suicide on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as P Thambi, 47, from Erumad in Nilgiris.
A police officer said Thambi was arrested in March.
Thambi, who was an alcoholic, often suspected the loyalty of his wife and took a fight with him.
After he killed his wife and burned his body, Thambi was ordered below Section 302 (murder) and 341 (penalty for wrong restraint) from the Indian Criminal Code.
The police said he was mentally disturbed and underwent treatment at the prison hospital for the past few months.
At 11:50 a.m.
on Tuesday, he committed suicide by hanging himself from the Peepul Tree branch in the third sector of the tower block area.
TNN.
Prison Inmates Coimbatore Ending life
