Coimbatore: Young woman found hanging under mysterious circumstances

COIMBATORE: A 23-year-old woman was found with her hands tied and hanging inside her house under mysterious circumstances, near Masakalipalayam here, on Wednesday.

According to police, the victim Subulaxmi, was a native of Thuthukudi Ezhil Nagar. A couple of years back, she came to Coimbatore and was staying at her sister's house at Masakalipalayam.

Subulaxmi was working in a private firm near Peelamedu. When her sister and her family left for Ooty for the summer holidays on Tuesday, Subulaxmi was alone at home. Neighbours found the doors closed for a long time on Wednesday morning.

There was no response even after they knocked the doors for a long time. When they looked through the window, they saw Subulaxmi hanging from the ceiling fan, with her hands tied. They called the Singanallur police. Sub-inspector Kasipandiyan along with a team broke open the door and entered the house.

They found the rear doors of the house open. They retrieved the body and sent it to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem.

Police suspect it to be a case of murder and have started investigations.