Thiruvananthapuram: A 41-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for murdering his 65-year-old mother-in-law after attacking her with a wooden piece during a family dispute at Sasthamcotta in Kollam.The deceased is Shyamala of Panappetti Chira. The accused, K Sivan, of Vadakkan Mynagappally, is the husband of Shyamala’s daughter Rajani.Sivan and Rajani were living in Muthupilakkadu. Following frequent quarrels with her husband, Rajani reached her mother’s house on Sunday evening. Sivan, who followed her, argued with both Rajani and Shyamala.As the argument escalated and Sivan allegedly turned violent, the mother and daughter ran to a neighbour’s house to escape. However, Sivan followed them and attacked Shyamala with a wooden piece, hitting her on the head and leaving her seriously injured.Relatives and locals rushed Shyamala to private hospitals in Bharanikkavu and Adoor before she was shifted to the intensive care unit of Kottayam Govt Medical College Hospital. She was put on ventilator support but succumbed to her injuries around 3am on Tuesday.Sivan fled the spot after the attack but was later arrested from Muthupilakkadu. He was initially booked for attempted murder and other offences and produced before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody.Following Shyamala’s death, police said additional charges, including murder, would be incorporated into the case. Shyamala was working as a domestic help, while Sivan was employed as a carpenter.
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