A two-wheeler key found in the scene of crime helped the Crime Branch-CID of the Tamil Nadu police solve what appeared to be a murder-for-gain case that remained undetected in Tiruppur district for more than a decade.
The case relates to the gruesome murder of Murugesan, 53, a labourer in a coconut farm, in Sundakampalayam near Udumalpet on September 26, 2012. The victim’s head was crushed and his mobile phone was not found on his body or the murder scene. Preliminary investigation by the Gudimangalam police showed the missing phone’s location in Kanniyakumari.
Suspecting the case to be that of a murder-for-gain, the local police thought that the accused would have killed Murugesan for money or valuables and escaped to Kanniyakumari. However, there was no further progress in the investigation that could corroborate the motive or lead to the arrest of accused in the case. Years later, the victim’s son, Gopalakrishnan, moved the Madras High Court seeking a probe by the CB-CID into his father’s murder.
