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New Indian Express
25-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Missing disabled youth murdered, buried by care home staff in Tamil Nadu
COIMBATORE: The 24-year-old disabled youth who had been reported missing from a care home in Pollachi was beaten to death by the trustees and staff at the facility on May 12, Coimbatore district rural police revealed on Saturday. Police arrested four people in connection with the murder. Police exhumed the body of the young man, SR Varunkanth, from the farmland owned by the trust at S Nagoor near Nadupuni in Pollachi in the presence of the Pollachi sub-collector in-charge and the tahsildar and handed it over to his parents after postmortem on Saturday evening. Varunkanth hailed from Karavali Mathappur in Sulur Block. According to the FIR registered based on his parents' complaint, he had Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). T Ravikumar and Banumathi had admitted their son at the Yuthira Charitable Trust (Special Children Care and Training Centre) at Rathinasabapathy Puram in Pollachi in February. They had approached the police after the home claimed that Varunkanth had gone missing during the home's outing to Aliyar Dam on May 15. Police on Saturday said that, in fact, the youth had been murdered and buried on May 12. 'The trustees refused to take Varunkanth to a theme park in Mettupalayam, claiming that he was not obeying them. They took the other inmates and left him alone at the home. "This has caused the youth a lot of embarrassment and he apparently behaved aggressively. The trustees and staff at the home got angry and started beating him with cricket bats and plastic pipes. They continued assaulting the youth, till he fell unconscious and died,' a senior police official said. The suspects then allegedly wrapped the body in a plastic cover and transported it by auto to the farmland. There they dug at least five pits before burying the body and planting a sapling over the site, police said. To mask any odours, they sprayed cow dung mixed with water after burying him, police added.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Time of India
Police to exhume body of youth 'beaten' to death at rehabilitation home in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Police in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district are preparing to exhume the body of a 24-year-old man who was allegedly beaten to death by staff at a home for people with intellectual disabilities. The deceased, SR Varunkanth, had been admitted to the Yuthira Charitable Trust Special Children Care and Training Centre near Pollachi on 4 February. He reportedly suffered from attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Police say Varunkanth died on 12 May after being severely beaten by staff. His body was allegedly buried the following day in a remote plot of land around 20km away, with the help of trustees of the facility. The incident came to light after the victim's father, T Ravikumar, filed a missing persons report when he was told his son had disappeared during a group outing to Aliyar Dam. He later received video evidence indicating his son had been assaulted, prompting him to file a formal complaint with district police. According to investigators, two staff members and one trustee have been arrested. During questioning, they reportedly confessed to the assault and subsequent burial. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Secure Your Child's Future with Strong English Fluency Planet Spark Learn More Undo Forensic experts, police, and officials from the Revenue Department visited the burial site in S Nagore near Nadupuni on Saturday to begin the process of exhumation. Police say multiple pits had been dug under the pretext of agricultural activity. The exhumation is expected to assist in the ongoing investigation. Six special teams have been formed to trace the remaining suspects, who are believed to be in hiding.
