PANUR: Man commits suicide after strangling his wife to death. The incident was around noon in Kundukulangara in Chambadu Manekkara Road.

Kuttikrishnan (68) hanged himself close to the veranda on the first floor of his house. Earlier after saying that his wife Nirmala (57) got injured on falling down, he had sent her to the hospital with neighbours. After they left for the hospital, Kuttikrishnan hanged himself. He is a retd. employee at Mahe spinning mill. He is survived by his sons Anoop (Pune) and Aneesh (Middle East). In-laws: Dhanya and Priya.

Kuttikrishnan is the son of late Narayanan and Madhavi. Nirmala is the daughter of late Balakrishnan and Sarojini.

Police, in the leadership of Thalassery DySP K.V. Venugopal and Panur SI K. Santhosh Kumar, conducted an inspection at the spot