Torso of missing man found in Tenkasi district; three juveniles rounded up
Police in the Tenkasi district have arrested three juveniles for the murder of a local laborer. The victim's torso was recovered from a well, and authorities are continuing the search for the remaining remains.
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This report covers a local criminal investigation, highlighting law enforcement response to violent crime in the region.
The Sernthamaram police have picked up three juveniles for allegedly murdering a labourer and dumping the headless body in an abandoned well.
Police said M. Mahendran, 30, a labourer of Valasai in Sernthamaram police station limits, left home on July 6 and did not return that night. When his wife Bhuvaneshwari went to the Sernthamaram police station for registering complaint, she received a call from a man posing as Mahendran’s friend who told her that Mahndran and his friends were in Udhagamandalam and hence she need not worry about him.
When Mahendran did not return home or answer the phone subsequently, Ms. Bhuvaneshwari filed a complaint with the Sernthamaram police on July 14. The police found Mahendran’s two-wheeler abandoned near Kasidharmam tank in Mela Kadayanallur.
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