KUNDARA: A housewife was found hanging in a well in the backyard of former Elampalloor Panchayat President Jalajagopan. Muraleedharan's wife Mini (40) of Arun Nivas in Punukkannur in Perumpuzha was found hanging on the bridge of the well on Monday morning. The deceased is also a relative of Jalajagopan.

According to the police
When Jalajagopan was the Elampallur panchayat president, Mini was allotted a house in 2018 under the Life Mission scheme. The construction contract was awarded to Jalajagopan's husband and contractor Gopakumar. The contract was signed for Rs 9.5 lakh.

The timber required for construction was provided by the Mini. 300 concrete bricks were given by the panchayat. The construction of the house went on despite receiving the fund said in the contract in installments. Meanwhile, Gopakumar demanded money again. Mini had paid Rs 11.75 lakh, including Rs 75,000 paid on August 25, 2020, to Gopakumar.

Mini went to Gopan's house several times to talk about these issues and had an argument. The preliminary conclusion is that Mini may have committed suicide out of frustration at the delay in construction. Police have registered a case of unnatural death on the complaint of relatives. Further procedures will be initiated on receiving the postmortem report. Children: Arun and Athira.

According to Mini's son Arun

Mother was beaten by the then president Jalajagopan and his children as she arrived at the contractor's house. After this, my mother did not go there. On Sunday night, mother called Gopakumar on the phone. After that, she was seen crying. On waking mother was nowhere to be seen. Went to Jalajagopan's house at 4.30 am in search of her. It was then that I saw mother hanging on the bridge of the well.