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Man held for alleged murder of infant son

Staff Reporter

TAMBARAM: The Pallikaranai police have arrested a 60-year-old man on the charge of murdering a just-born baby boy and burying him at his house in Kovilambakkam on Friday.

According to the police, the child was born to the accused, Poongavanam and Santhi, a 26-year-old woman.

Santhi was married to Nagaraj six years ago and the couple had three children. The couple separated about two years ago.

Subsequently, Santhi started to live with Poongavanam, a daily wage earner. On Friday, Santhi delivered a boy.

Fearing that they would incur the wrath of his neighbours, Poongavanam allegedly strangled the child to death and buried the body. The gruesome crime however came to light and he has been arrested and charged under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.

Drugs charge

The St. Thomas Mount police on Tuesday arrested two persons, including a Sri Lankan national, on charges of possession of heroin. The arrest was made at Butt Road in the Cantonment area following a tip off that Ranjan, the Sri Lankan national, who was staying in Velachery and his accomplice Jaya were carrying the narcotic substance. On checking their bags, the police recovered 700 grams of the substance.

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