A 40-year old woman was today arrested on charges of strangling her husband to death in her house in Irugur on the outskirts.

The woman, Parimala was frustrated with her husband, Easwaran who used to come drunk and pick up quarrel, on a daily basis, police said.

Unable to bear the daily torture, Parimala with the help of her brother, Thirunavukkarasu strangulated Easwaran to death with a rope, as he came drunk last night and hung the body on the ceiling, as if he had committed suicide.

Police, who reached the house today, got suspicious and truth came out after a detailed interrogation with Parimala. Both brother and sister were arrested and remanded and lodged in the central jail here, they said.