Bus driver arrested in murder-for-gain case in Tiruvallur
Police in Tiruvallur have arrested a bus driver for the murder of a 58-year-old woman during a robbery. The suspect, who was facing financial difficulties, targeted the victim after noticing her gold jewelry during his frequent visits to her home.
Why it matters
This case underscores local crime trends and the vulnerability of individuals in residential areas to targeted robberies.
The Thirupalaivanam police have cracked the murder-for-gain case of a 58-year-old woman, and arrested a bus driver from Pulicat in Tiruvallur district.
On Monday, Shakunthala, who was a domestic aide in Vanaja’s house, found the house to be locked . She called Vanaja’s husband, Radhakrishnan, who runs a grocery shop. Radhakrishnan said his wife had left home after serving him breakfast at around 9 a.m. When repeated phone calls to her went unanswered, he returned home and opened the house using a spare key.
On entering the house, he found Vanaja lying in a pool of blood with her throat slit and a knife stabbed in her neck. He also noticed that the gold jewellery she had been wearing, including an eight-sovereigns thali chain, bangles weighing three-sovereigns and earrings, weighing about 15 sovereigns in total, was missing.
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