SALEM: Two people were murdered in as many incidents in the district on Wednesday night and Thursday.
Prasan Kumar Mandel, 37, of West Bengal, was murdered by his friend D Sundaram, 49, of Annathanapatty in the city, on Wednesday night. Prasan was working in a granite factory near Panamarathupatti, on the outskirts of the city.
On Wednesday night, Prasan came to Sundaram’s house and consumed liquor with him. When Sundaram went to buy another liquor bottle around 10.30pm from the black market, Prasan tried to rape Sundaram’s wife Jothi.
On returning home, Sundaram found Prasan attempting to rape Jothi. In a fit of rage, Sundaram bludgeoned Prasan to death using a wooden log.
Sundaram surrendered at the Annathanapatti police station on Thursday morning. Police recovered the body and sent it to the Salem government Mohan Kumaramangalam medical college and hospital (SGMKMCH) for postmortem. A case was registered.
In another incident, Alamelu, 64, was found dead with her throat slit at her residence at Karipatti near Ayothiyapattinam in the district around 4pm on Thursday.
Alamelu was living alone after her husband died a few years ago. Her daughter Kavitha found the body when she came visit her mother.
The body was sent to the SGMKMCH for postmortem. Preliminary inquiry revealed that the murderer had stolen five sovereigns of gold chain after murdering Alamelu. “We have formed a special team led by ADSP Selvam to nab the accused,” district SP Sri Abhinav, who visited the crime spot, said. A case was registered by the Karipatty police.
