FATHER KILLED DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW

By a staff reporter-A father hacked his daughter and son-in-law to death in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district. The man, identified as Muthukutty (50), hails from Veerapatti village near Kovilpatti town in Tuticorin district. His daughter Reshma (20) was a second-year student of a college in Kovilpatti. The girl was in love with Manikaraj (26), a daily wage laborer from the area. They recently got married despite Muthukutty disapproving of their relationship. Reshma's father Muthukutty strongly objected to his love. It is said that the couple got married a few days ago and returned to the village only two days ago.

When Reshma and her husband Manikaraj were alone at home last night, Muthukutty went there and hacked them both to death with a sickle. He later fled the scene. Acting on information about the incident, officials from the Ettayapuram police station rushed to the spot, collected the bodies and sent them to the Tuticorin Government Hospital for post-mortem.The police also later arrested
Muthukutty and further investigations are underway.