Noornad: An extra-marital affair takes a hitman style in Noornad where, a 24 year-old married woman roped in boyfriend to assault her father-in-law.
On morning of 29th November, Raju(56) was returning from from Padanilam junction round the corner when a helmet-wearing man laid in wait and hit him on the head with a crowbar. Raju fell to the ground after which, the attacker beat him up brutally. Raju was admitted to the hospital but had no clue as to who might have wanted to harm him.
As police tried hard to crack the mysterious attack, Raju remembered how on the day of the incident , he had scolded the daughter-in-law Sree Lakshmi for neglecting care of her infant son. Sree Lakshmi’s husband is Raju’s older son and works abroad.
Up to that point, CCTV with the blurred image of a man traveling the crime stretch on scooter was the only clue police had. Armed with Raju's clue on argument with Sree Lakshmi, the police dug deeper and the infidelity tale became clear. Police focused on the third party in this love triangle – 29-year-old Bipin, native of Puthupallikonam living in Wadekeyth house and brought in him for questioning and found thier culprit and motive.
Sree Lakshmi was angry with her father-in-law shouting at her over neglecting her baby and had sought revenge by having him beaten up by her lover, the police said.
