Woman fails to kill hubby with snake, bludgeons him to death

Coimbatore: After failing to kill her husband using snake, a woman and her 32-year-old paramour, had allegedly beaten his lover’s husband to death, told police on Tuesday.

Initially the woman and her lover scouted for poisonous snakes for several days to execute the murder.

They managed to catch a cobra at Pattanampudur near Sulur and released the snake in the victim’s bedroom two months ago. However, the reptile did not bite him and left the house a few hours later. Thus, they decided to beat the man to death.

The woman paid her paramour Rs15,000 to get the job done. She also agreed to give him Rs 5 lakh to set up a gym in Irugur. The arrested people were identified as L Sundaram alias Ram, 30, from Sri Nagar and his accomplice K Krishna alias...