Alappuzha: Kamalamma, aged 49, a native of Karuvatta in Alappuzha district of Kerala was brutally beaten up by her drunken husband on Thursday night. Though she was taken to the hospital by her neighbours on Friday morning, she succumbed on Tuesday.
After her health deteriorated owing to the internal bleeding, she was shifted to Government T D Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, on Monday, for further treatment. She died while undergoing treatment. The locals caught Vijayappan, the accused, who had been in his relative’s house after the incident, and handed him over to the police.
According to the police, the incident happened on Thursday night. Vijayappan who had reached home inebriated started physically assaulting his wife Kamalamma. The woman, who had suffered from severe internal injuries in her abdomen and the groin, was taken to Mavelikkara Government Hospital by her neighbours on Friday morning.