Madurai, September 03: Tamil Nesan reported that a workshop owner in Madurai, poisoned his daughter after she refused to marry his sister’s son.
Mariselvi, 18, had wanted to marry her mother’s brother. This infuriated her father, Rengasamy, 48.
According to the news report, Rengasamy and three friends grabbed the girl as she returned home on Tuesday and injected her with poison. They also poured poison into her mouth and ears.
When the mother K. Lakshmi returned home, she was shocked to find the girl writhing in pain and frothing in the mouth.
She rushed her daughter to a hospital with the help of neighbours. The girl managed to relate what happened to her but died two days later.
The mother lodged a police report which led to the arrest of Rengasamy and his friends.
–Agencies