TIRUPUR: A day after a meat shop owner thrashed his two wives for giving him a

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K Ramesh, 38, of ABT Road had two children with Shanthi, 33. He later married Thilagavathi, 30. All of them were living under the same roof. The women used to help Ramesh run his meat shop at Marakkadai on College Road.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that Ramesh, an alcohol addict, used to quarrel with the women frequently. So, they mixed a laxative in his food without his knowledge to stop him visit liquor shops on Monday . After having the food, Ramesh came to know about their scheme and confronted them. He thrashed both of them severely. Shanthi, who sustained serious external and internal injuries, was bed-ridden and passed away on Tuesday night,” a police officer said.

Ramesh has confessed to the crime. The Tirupur north police have registered a case.

Thilagavathi is undergoing treatment in a private hospital.