Woman murdered, body burnt; husband, 2 others held

TENKASI The Surandai police have solved the mystery shrouding the murder of a woman within 12 hours of the crime and arrested three persons, including the victim’s husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law. When a farmer saw a half-burnt body lying in his farm on Kadayanallur – Surandai Road on Friday night, he alerted the Surandai police. Superintendent of Police R.

Stalin, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Alangulam, Gladson Jose and revenue officials visited the spot and sent the body to Tenkasi Government Hospital for a post-mortem. The forensic experts lifted evidences from the scene of crime. Dr.

Stalin, who formed three special teams to nab the culprits, asked his subordinates to lift the CCTV footages from the cameras in this area and collect details about ‘women missing cases’ registered in Tenkasi and adjoining Tirunelveli district. During investigation, the police identified the deceased as Kutti Mari, 33, a mother of two children from Indra Nagar in Mela Kadayanallur in Tenkasi district and picked-up her husband Murugan, 37, for interrogation.