Overview
- Tilak Nagar police detained Subramani, 32, and Senthil, 28, on Sunday and registered a murder case after a woman’s body was discovered in an abandoned autorickshaw near the police station.
- Investigators identified the victim as Salma, 35, a widowed domestic worker with four children, whose body was found by locals around 4 pm on Saturday.
- CCTV reviewed by police shows an argument before Subramani allegedly struck Salma with a blunt object, after which the body was wrapped and left in the vehicle.
- Officers say the suspects knew the victim and that a dispute tied to jealousy and accusations of infidelity escalated while the group had been drinking.
- The body was sent to Victoria Hospital for post-mortem as forensic teams continue evidence collection and prosecutors prepare next steps under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 103.