VELLORE: Two sisters, who married a farmer, murdered him with the help of their two brothers when he deserted them and started living with another woman in Vellore district.

Police arrested the sisters, identified as K Deepa, 32, and Chithra, 29, from Kazhanipakkam village in Vellore district, and launched a hunt for their brothers, P Venkatesan, 30 ,and P Muthu, 27, who were absconding after committing the murder .

Police said P Kanniappan, 45, who married Deepa in 1999, also married her sister Chitra three years later. Deepa begot two sons and two daughters while Chitra gave birth to two daughters.

Kanniappan developed an affair with another woman three years ago. His two wives , on learning about his affair with the woman, asked him to break the relationship. However, the farmer deserted them and started living with that woman leading to a dispute between him and his two wives.

The wives demanded share in the properties owned by the farmer and when the farmer refused to part with the properties, Deepa filed a case seeking alimony from the farmer. The case is pending before a local court.

Around 11am on March 1, Kanniappan was returning home after visiting an advocate in connection with the alimony case when his wives along with their two brothers waylaid him and demanded partition of his properties. The farmer refused to yield to their demand and the four siblings brutally attacked him. They got hold of wooden logs on the roadside and hit him on his head. The farmer died on the spot and all the four escaped from the scene.

The Pallikonda police registered a case and nabbed his two wives and launched a hunt for their two brothers. The police produced the two women before a local court that remanded them in judicial custody.

