Wayanad: A man attempted to kill his estranged wife, her mother and aunt by hitting their head with a hammer at Mathamangalam here in the wee hours of Monday.
The accused Kuppadi native Jinu, who managed to flee from the scene, was found unconscious in a nearby plot. Police rushed him to the nearest hospital suspecting that he had consumed poison.
Jinu's mother-in-law Sumathy, his former wife Aswathy and her aunt Biji were inured in the attack. They are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Meppadi. Hospital sources said they are out of danger.
According to reports, the couple was separated for a long time. Police assumed that Jinu plotted the crime to take revenge on his wife.
