Murder case accused arrested after five years in Salem

A 28-year-old woman, associated in a murder case, who had been absconding for the past five years was arrested on Saturday (September 19, 2026).

According to the police, Tej Mandal (27), a native of Bangladesh, owned a spa at Kumarasamipatti in Salem. In October 2021, she was murdered, and her body was found in a suitcase at the spa. The Hasthampatti police registered a case, inquired and found four women staff of the spa allegedly murdered her in a money dispute and absconded.