Madikeri: Somwarpet Police have arrested a woman and her paramour for sending cyanide-laced ‘holy water’ (Theertha) through parcel to the her husband T.J. Suresh in the name of a temple in Kerala resulting in the death of Suresh.
The arrested are 32-year-old Radha, wife of the deceased and a resident of Thanniruhalla and her paramour B.D. Murali, a resident of Basaweshwara Nagar in Somwarpet. They have been remanded to judicial custody. During interrogation, the accused are said to have revealed about their affair and about spiking ‘theertha’ with cyanide to kill Suresh.
