TNN | Oct 29, 2012, 03.51AM IST
CHENNAI: Guduvancherry police have detained a 30-year-old man from Bihar for the rape and murder of two women in suburban Thailavaram village in Kancheepuram district last month.
On September 22, police recovered the body of woman that was decomposing. Police, who later identified her as Mari of Madambakkam, said there was evidence of a struggle and strangulation marks on her neck.
People from Thailavaram informed police that they had found the body of another woman on October 14. Police identified her as V Sakuntala, 55, a flower vendor and the wife of Vedapuri, a security guard with a private company. A post mortem report confirmed that she had been physically assaulted before being strangled.
A special police team interrogated construction workers in the area. When they saw that Sikandar, a construction worker from Patna, was behaving shiftily, they interrogated him.
"He was moving suspiciously around Thailavaram village," an investigating officer said. "Sikandar told us that he worked for a firm in Koyambedu before going to Guduvancherry to take up a construction job."
The officer said Sikander was a drug addict and drunkard and had failed to find a job recently. "He spent his time loitering around Thailavaram village," he said. "He would misbehave with women he came across when he was drunk at night."
Police suspect that he could also have been involved in robbing gold chains because he has no source of income. Investigators believe that he killed the women when they resisted his attempts to rape them.
"Both women had strangulation marks on the neck," the officer said. "Sikander tried to assault a 30-year-old woman from Thailavaram a couple of weeks ago. She was returning home after purchasing kerosene when he grabbed hold of her. But the woman managed to escape from him."
The woman identified Sikandar as the man who attempted to assault her, investigators said. They suspect that he could have attempted to attack other women too.
"Since the woman refused to lodge a complaint, we grilled Sikandar," the officer said. "We have taken his fingerprints and will check if they match those of known offenders."
Link: Bihar man arrested for murder of two women
On September 22, police recovered the body of woman that was decomposing. Police, who later identified her as Mari of Madambakkam, said there was evidence of a struggle and strangulation marks on her neck.
People from Thailavaram informed police that they had found the body of another woman on October 14. Police identified her as V Sakuntala, 55, a flower vendor and the wife of Vedapuri, a security guard with a private company. A post mortem report confirmed that she had been physically assaulted before being strangled.
A special police team interrogated construction workers in the area. When they saw that Sikandar, a construction worker from Patna, was behaving shiftily, they interrogated him.
"He was moving suspiciously around Thailavaram village," an investigating officer said. "Sikandar told us that he worked for a firm in Koyambedu before going to Guduvancherry to take up a construction job."
The officer said Sikander was a drug addict and drunkard and had failed to find a job recently. "He spent his time loitering around Thailavaram village," he said. "He would misbehave with women he came across when he was drunk at night."
Police suspect that he could also have been involved in robbing gold chains because he has no source of income. Investigators believe that he killed the women when they resisted his attempts to rape them.
"Both women had strangulation marks on the neck," the officer said. "Sikander tried to assault a 30-year-old woman from Thailavaram a couple of weeks ago. She was returning home after purchasing kerosene when he grabbed hold of her. But the woman managed to escape from him."
The woman identified Sikandar as the man who attempted to assault her, investigators said. They suspect that he could have attempted to attack other women too.
"Since the woman refused to lodge a complaint, we grilled Sikandar," the officer said. "We have taken his fingerprints and will check if they match those of known offenders."
Link: Bihar man arrested for murder of two women
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