TIRUPUR: The district police arrested a 24-year-old man on Wednesday over the charge of killing his sister at their residence near Palladam on March 30. The victim persisted in a relationship despite his warning, police said.
Kamanaickenpalayam police identified the victim as D Vidhya, 21, a college student and a resident of Paruvai village near Palladam. She was in a relationship with one Venmani, 25, of Tirupur city, police said.
Three months ago, Venmani made a video call to Vidhya. Her brother, Saravanan, took the call in her absence and discovered their relationship, police said. Saravanan then warned her to focus on her studies. She continued the relationship and did not speak to her brother for the last three months, which angered him, police said.
While their parents were away and Vidhya was sleeping at home on the morning of March 30, Saravanan killed her by hitting the blunt side of a sickle on her head, police said. To cover up the murder, he toppled a steel almirah over her body before leaving for a nearby temple, police said.
When their parents returned home in the afternoon, they found Vidhya lying in a pool of blood. Without notifying police, the family and relatives buried her body the same day, police said.
Venmani, the girl’s boyfriend, lodged a complaint with the Paruvai village administrative officer (VAO), stating that Vidhya may have been killed by her father and brother, as they disapproved of their relationship. The VAO alerted police, who began an investigation. Police exhumed Vidhya’s body on Tuesday for a postmortem examination, after which they reburied her in the same location.
During questioning on Wednesday, Saravanan confessed to killing his sister with a sickle. Police later recovered the blood-stained weapon from a shelf in their house. Police ruled out caste-related motives, stating that both Vidhya and her friend are from the same caste.
The Kamanaickenpalayam police registered a case of murder against Saravanan and arrested him on Wednesday.
Kamanaickenpalayam police identified the victim as D Vidhya, 21, a college student and a resident of Paruvai village near Palladam. She was in a relationship with one Venmani, 25, of Tirupur city, police said.
Three months ago, Venmani made a video call to Vidhya. Her brother, Saravanan, took the call in her absence and discovered their relationship, police said. Saravanan then warned her to focus on her studies. She continued the relationship and did not speak to her brother for the last three months, which angered him, police said.
While their parents were away and Vidhya was sleeping at home on the morning of March 30, Saravanan killed her by hitting the blunt side of a sickle on her head, police said. To cover up the murder, he toppled a steel almirah over her body before leaving for a nearby temple, police said.
When their parents returned home in the afternoon, they found Vidhya lying in a pool of blood. Without notifying police, the family and relatives buried her body the same day, police said.
Venmani, the girl’s boyfriend, lodged a complaint with the Paruvai village administrative officer (VAO), stating that Vidhya may have been killed by her father and brother, as they disapproved of their relationship. The VAO alerted police, who began an investigation. Police exhumed Vidhya’s body on Tuesday for a postmortem examination, after which they reburied her in the same location.
During questioning on Wednesday, Saravanan confessed to killing his sister with a sickle. Police later recovered the blood-stained weapon from a shelf in their house. Police ruled out caste-related motives, stating that both Vidhya and her friend are from the same caste.
The Kamanaickenpalayam police registered a case of murder against Saravanan and arrested him on Wednesday.
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