Neighbour held for nurse-trainee’s murder

  • | Thursday | 19th April, 2018

He had dumped her body behind the Koyambedu vegetable market on April 6. “He disposed of the body amidst huge electricity cable rollers behind the vegetable market. Along with six of her friends, the young woman was staying on the second floor of a house on Veerapandi Street, Choolaimedu. A friend of hers, stayed with her husband Ajith Kumar in the adjacent house, said a police officer. In the season of growing crimes against women in the city, a 25-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for the murder of a 19-year-old nursing student in Choolaimedu.

more-in In the season of growing crimes against women in the city, a 25-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for the murder of a 19-year-old nursing student in Choolaimedu. He had dumped her body behind the Koyambedu vegetable market on April 6. According to the police, on April 9, Rajendran, 60, from Vriddhachalam, lodged a complaint in the Choolaimedu police station stating that his 19-year-old daughter was missing from April 6. Along with six of her friends, the young woman was staying on the second floor of a house on Veerapandi Street, Choolaimedu. A friend of hers, stayed with her husband Ajith Kumar in the adjacent house, said a police officer. The girls used to go for training to a nearby hospital and make house visits to see patients. After a police team headed by M. Royappan, Inspector, Choolaimedu, started investigations, Ajith Kumar’s house was found locked; he had gone home to Kerala. Confesses to police The police summoned him for questioning. He reached Chennai two days ago and confessed to the crime. He was unemployed. “Earlier, he worked in an optical shop. He did not tell his wife he had lost his job. He borrowed money to show he was earning,” the officer said. On April 6, he asked the victim for a loan to celebrate his wife’s birthday and told her he was unemployed. When she said she had no cash, he asked her to lend her jewels. “When she refused, he strangulated her to death using a dupatta. He dragged her into his house and stole her jewels. Then he put the body in a gunny bag,” said the officer. Taken to Koyambedu He got hold of a drunken autorickshaw driver and asked him to drive to Koyambedu to dump rotten vegetables and unused goods. “He disposed of the body amidst huge electricity cable rollers behind the vegetable market. He then pledged the jewels in a pawn shop in MMDA Colony and went home,” the officer said. The police claim he visited the place where he dumped the body for the next three days to see if it was there.

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