THANJAVUR: Police arrested two people including a woman on charges of murdering her seven-year-old daughter and dumping her body in a river here on Sunday.
According to police, the woman was identified as R Vijayalakhsmi, 30, a native of Kandharvakottai in Pudukottai district. As her husband Rangeswaran passed away sometime back, she moved to Thanjavur with her daughter R Vidya and four-year-old son, R Vignesh. Her relative, R Vetrivel, 36, a plumber and native of Vandikara Street in Gorikulam helped her find a house at Tholgappiam square in the city. Vetrivel, father of two children, developed a relationship with Vijayalakhsmi. His wife is abroad, police said.
When Vetrivel went to meet Vijayalakhsmi on Saturday night, an altercation started between the two and he started beating her. Subsequently, Vidhya raised an alarm. Irked by the girl’s cries, Vetrivel started to beat the girl, who fainted. The two rushed her to Rajah Mirasdar Government hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, police said.
Following this, they dumped the body into the GA Canal with the help of another relative Sabarinathan. Based on the information from Vijayalakshmi’s neighbours, Thanjavur East police rushed to the spot and conducted an inquiry and subsequently arrested the two. Police is searching for Sabarinathan, who is on the run. Fire and rescue services personnel on conducting a search operation to find the girl’s body, police further stated.
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