CHENNAI: Police arrested a 31-year-old woman for branding the tongue of a 60-year-old woman with a hot spoon in a village in Tamil Nadu Inquiries revealed that V Lakshmi, a resident of Ala village near Periya Thatchur in Villupuram district, picked a quarrel with her neighbour D Sulochana on Tuesday night for dumping waste near her house. She allegedly verbally abused Sulochana.An angry Sulochana devised a plan to teach Lakshmi a lesson. She sought the help of her nephew, Saravanan, a Class 12 student, to carry it out.On Wednesday morning, Sulochana heated a stainless steel spoon on a stove in her house. When Lakshmi came out of her house, Saravanan caught her and held her firmly while Sulochana branded the elderly woman ’s tongue with the hot spoon.Lakshmi, who suffered burn injured on her tongue, lips and one of the cheeks, cried for help. The villagers rushed her to Government Hospital in Villupuram. She was discharged on Thursday.“Lakshmi is speaking normally after treatment. However, she finds it difficult to eat food,” said Periya Thatchur sub-inspector Mohana Muthu.The Periya Thatchur police arrested Sulochana on Thursday and booked her under sections 294 (B) (verbal abuse), 506 (I) (criminal intimidation), 354 (outraging the modesty of woman) and Section 4 (1) of the Tamil Nadu Women Harassment (Prevention) Act. She was sent to judicial custody.The police were searching for Saravanan, who was absconding.