Elderly woman found dead; three arrested

Virudhunagar A 65-year-old woman, N. Jothirani, was found dead, with bleeding from her mouth, inside her residence in Allampatti in Virudhunagar on Saturday morning. The police said that the woman had been living alone at home. While one of her sons is living at a different place in the same locality, another is living in Chennai.

On Saturday morning, one of her sons had gone to visit her. He found that the main door was closed but not locked from inside. However, when he checked the rooms, he found his mother lying dead on the floor near the cot. Her mouth had blood stains.

He raised suspicion over her death as eight sovereigns of gold, including a chain and pair of ear rings were missing from her body. Under these circumstances, the police arrested Megala, 45, wife of Kaliyabekaran, Sankar alias Sankareshwaran, 28, son of Balamurugan and a 17-year-old juvenile. The stolen gold chain weighing approximately nine sovereigns was recovered from them. The police said that Megala had previously worked as a domestic help at the deceased Jothirani’s house until about two months ago.