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Hindustan Times
20-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
4 arrested in Erode double murder case
Tamil Nadu police arrested a gang of three burglars and a jeweller, on Monday for their alleged involvement in the murder of an elderly couple in Erode district on April 28, officers aware of the matter said, adding that the three burglars have admitted that they were also involved in the triple murder that took place in Tiruppur's Palladam last year. Police identified the elderly couple as Ramasamy, 75, and his wife Bakkiyammal, 65, who were residing in their farmhouse in Erode. After the bodies were recovered, police launched an investigation into the murders and formed 12 special teams. Police first caught P Achiappan (48) on May 17 and he confessed to the murder and burglary, which led them to the arrest N Madeshwaran (53), and R Ramesh (52). Following investigation, the trio, who were associated with coconut trade, were arrested on Monday, police added. 'The accused attacked the couple using wooden sticks on April 28, and have confessed to the crime. They stole 20 sovereigns of gold. We have seized 82 grams of gold jewellery, which they gave to an Arachalure-based jeweller, Gnanasekaran, who melted them and kept the metal with him. Gnanasekaran was also arrested, and all four were remanded in judicial custody,' West Zone IG T Senthilkumar told reporters. According to Senthilkumar, their son, Kavishankar, who lives in a different village nearly 20 km away, tried to call their parents on May 1, but the phone calls were not answered. Worried, he called his relatives residing on neighbouring farms and asked them to go and check on his parents. They found the couple dead with multiple injuries and the bodies decaying in the farmhouse, he added. Police said that the three burglars have also confessed to having murdered another three people in a different case in November 2024. An elderly couple and their son were found dead inside a farmhouse in Tiruppur's Palladam and eight sovereigns of gold were missing. Since there was no headway in the case, it was transferred to the CB-CID in March. The accused primarily used to target older couples living alone, police added. 'On November 29 last year, a local barber had gone to their farmhouse and found the bodies of Deivasigamani, 78, his wife, Alamelu, 75 and their son, Senthil Kumar. The son who lived in the nearby Coimbatore district had come to meet his parents the previous night,' Senthilkumar said. 'Their involvement in other cases will be confirmed after taking them into police custody and following further investigation,' the IG said, adding that the three had previously been booked in theft cases. With inputs from PTI
Hindustan Times
19-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Four held in aged couple murder case
Erode , : Four persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of an aged couple in this district, a senior police officer said. Speaking to reporters here, T Senthilkumar, Inspector General of Police, West Range, said Ramasamy aged 72 and his wife Bagiyam aged 63 of Uchimedu Megaraiyan garden, who were residing in their farmhouse in Sivagiri police station limits, were found murdered on May 2. Their son Kavishankar, who is living in a different village, around 20 km away, tried to call their parents on May 1, but the phone calls were not answered. Intrigued by this, he called his relatives residing on neighbouring farms and asked them to go and check on his parents. They, , found the couple dead with multiple injuries and the bodies decaying in the farmhouse, Senthilkumar said. Later it was found that gold jewellery was missing from the farmhouse. On getting information, police registered a case and more than ten police teams were formed to crack the case, IG added. One of those teams arrested three history sheeters after verifying more than 200 CCTV camera footage. The arrested are: Aachiappan aged 48, Madeshwaran aged 52 and Ramesh 54 of Arachalure surroundings in Erode district and interrogated them. They admitted that they had murdered the aged couple, stolen the 10 sovereigns of jewels and had given the ornaments to Gnanasekaran, an Arachalure-based jeweller, who melted them and kept the metal with him, Senthilkumar said. Gnanasekaran was also arrested, and all four were remanded to judicial custody, he added. First three suspects also confessed to having murdered another three persons, in a different case, namely Deivasigamani aged 78, his wife Alamathal 74 and their son Senthilkumar, aged 44 of Semalaigounden Palayam in Tiruppur district and have stolen five and a half sovereigns of gold ornaments from them, the police officer said. Sasi Mohan, Deputy Inspector General of Police and A Sujatha, Superintendent of Police, accompanied IG Senthil Kumar.
