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Murderer caught within hours of crime

Staff Reporter

CHENNAI: The Tiruvottiyur police claimed they solved a "murder for gain" case by arresting two persons within hours of the incident on Monday.

C. Sylendra Babu, Joint Commissioner of Police, North, said Rani (45), a resident of Anjugam Nagar, Tiruvottiyur, was murdered in her house. Her son Balaji, who discovered the body on Monday morning, informed the police.

The woman's jewellery was intact but a sum of Rs. 50,000 in cash was missing. Experts from the fingerprint bureau lifted a few prints from the house.

Mr. Babu said Muthukumar (25), who runs a tailoring shop in Rani's house, had confessed to murdering her. After incurring huge losses, he was unable to pay the rent to Rani, who then sold the sewing machines to recover the rent. Rani also allegedly refused to return the advance paid by Muthukumar. The accused went to her house on Sunday night under the pretext of returning some materials to her, and killed Rani. After committing the crime, he had had a glass of water from the house. Based on his prints lifted from the tumbler, police arrested him.

Police said Muthukumar told them that he stabbed Rani to death, along with a friend, Ganapathy, after she refused to return the advance. The police have recovered the money, Mr. Babu added.

Special teams to probe Royapettah murder

Eight special teams have been formed to nab those involved in the `murder for gain' case in which criminals made off with Rs. 20 lakhs from a software firm after murdering its watchman at Royapettah on Sunday. Police suspect that some known persons committed the murder as it appeared that the intruders entered after the watchman opened the door.

Police also said that the intruders targeted only the cash.

They did not remove a necklace, worth about Rs. 35,000 and a Krishna idol made of gold, weighing about 50 sovereigns, from the premises.

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