The police mentioned the accused hatched a plan to rob the sufferer of gold ornaments as he was in want of cash. (consultant picture)
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The Thirupalaivanam police have cracked the murder-for-gain case of a 58-year-old girl, and arrested a bus driver from Pulicat in Tiruvallur district.
On Monday, Shakunthala, who was a home aide in Vanaja’s home, discovered the home locked. She referred to as Vanaja’s husband, Radhakrishnan, who runs a grocery store. Radhakrishnan mentioned his spouse had left residence after serving him breakfast at round 9 a.m. When repeated cellphone calls to her went unanswered, he returned residence and opened the home utilizing a spare key.
On coming into the home, he discovered Vanaja mendacity in a pool of blood together with her throat slit and a knife in her neck. He additionally observed that the gold jewelry she had been carrying, together with an eight-sovereign thali chain, bangles weighing three-sovereigns and earrings, all weighing about 15 sovereigns in whole, was lacking. Primarily based on his grievance, the Thirupalaivanam police registered a case, and a particular group led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (Manali) Vivekannan took up the investigation.
After analysing CCTV footage and different proof, the police arrested the accused, Yugendran alias Abdul Rahman, 29, a bus driver residing at Kalaignar Nagar.
The police additionally recovered 12 sovereigns and a couple of grams of the stolen gold jewelry from him. He was later remanded in judicial custody.
The investigation revealed that Yugendran, a local of Uthukottai, had been dwelling in Pulicat together with his spouse for the previous 4 years. He ceaselessly visited Vanaja’s home to purchase idli batter, and had observed that she often wore gold ornaments.
The police mentioned that the accused was going through monetary difficulties as his spouse was pregnant and hatched a plan to rob Vanaja of her jewelry.
Believing she can be alone at residence, he went to her home and tried to grab her gold chain. When she resisted and raised an alarm, he allegedly grabbed a knife saved close by and stabbed her within the neck. Yugendran then fled with the gold ornaments, police mentioned.
The police arrested the accused inside 4 hours of the crime being reported.
In an try and evade the arrest, he allegedly jumped a wall and sustained fractures to each the arms, the police added.
Revealed – July 15, 2026 12:13 am IST
