Siddha practitioner held for fatal abortion

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A 65-year-old siddha practitioner was arrested near Kadambur on Wednesday on charges of murdering a pregnant woman last year by giving her `medicines' to abort the pregnancy . M Thailammal of Thondur near Kadambur, gave `medicines' to K Selvi, 35, of the same village in May 2016 to abort her pregnancy . But a few days later, Selvi became sick and died under mysterious circumstances.

Selvi's body was sent to the Sathyamangalam government hospital for postmortem. Her vital organs were sent for viscera test to know the exact reason for her death.

The Kadambur police also registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC (unnatural death) and initiated investigations. The result of the viscera test which police received recently revealed that Selvi had consumed some `medicines' before her death. Asked about it, her husband Kaliappan said that she was given some siddha `medicines' by Thailammal to abort her pregnancy .
Based on his statement, the police inquired Thailam mal who has confessed to her crime. Based on her statement, the police arrested her for murdering Selvi. “We have alerted the case from unnatural death to murder based on her confession statement,“ the police said. Thailammal was lodged at the Coimbatore central prison after producing before the judicial magistrate of sub-court at Gobichettipalayam on Wednesday .