Overview
- S Balamurugan, 32, was detained at a working women’s hostel on Raja Naidu Street in Coimbatore after the attack, police said.
- Officers recovered the sickle at the scene, registered a case with Rathinapuri police, and produced him before a magistrate for judicial custody.
- The victim, Sri Priya, 30, had been living separately at the hostel while working in the city after leaving the marital home.
- Investigators say he suspected an extramarital relationship, with local reports citing an intimate photo allegedly sent by another man that is now under probe.
- The body was sent to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem, and the WhatsApp selfie carried the caption referencing “payment for betrayal.”