A man was sentenced to seven years in prison for abetting the suicide of his wife, and his mother was sentenced to one year in prison for subjecting the deceased to cruelty. A man who worked in a lathe workshop had married a woman 26 years old at Sundarapuram in May 2016. The woman's parents were against the alliance at first, but they eventually accepted the couple. However, the couple was living with Yogeswaran's mother at Ganapathypudur when the harassment started. Yogeswaran used to demand 5 lakh rupees from the woman to start a business, and the couple visited the woman's house at Kurichi Pirivu on October 20. The next day, when Yogeswaran went out to buy food, the woman hanged herself. The Saravanampatti Police registered a case under Section 174 CrPC, and the case was altered to Section 174 CrPC to Sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code. The son, mother duo were arrested in October. The judge sentenced Yogeswaran to seven years in prison, and Krishnaveni was also sentenced to a fine of 1500.
