When Vijay, a bank loan mediator, and Abirami got married in September 2011 and moved into their modest home near Kundrathur, everything seemed calm, with no hint of the storm that would one day tear their lives apart.
In the years that followed, the couple had two children and settled into what appeared to be an ordinary family life. Meanwhile, Abirami began gaining popularity online as a local social media ‘reels star’, nicknamed ‘Biryani Abirami’ for her food-related content. But things began to change when she met Meenakshi Sundaram, a biryani delivery agent at a shop frequently visited by her and her family.
On August 30, 2018, Abirami’s neighbour saw her leave home on her two-wheeler, with Meenakshi Sundaram on the pillion. The neighbour recalled overhearing him tell Abirami: “Give them the tablets and inform me when it is done.”
When questioned later, Abirami, then 25, told the neighbour that her children were unwell and that Meenakshi Sundaram had been referring to their medicine.
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