VIZHINJAM: A housewife was found burnt dead in a banana plantation behind her house. The deceased is Bheemabeevi (59), wife of Kovalam native Abdul Aziz. The police said that the initial information from the relatives was that Bheemabeevi committed suicide due to financial difficulties.

Bheemabeevi and her husband had been running a hotel in front of the house. It was one of the students, a paying guest in Bheemabeevi's house, who saw the body at around three in the morning and informed Abdul Aziz. The body was almost completely burnt. Bheemabeevi's husband said that she went to sleep at 10.30 on Sunday night. Forensic experts found a bottle lying close to the body. Children Shibina and Shamir.