Overview
- A blue suitcase that emitted a foul smell was opened at Perambur railway station and found to contain a male torso, a discovery that set off the probe on June 5.
- Police traced a medical-waste bag from the scene to a private hospital and used CCTV and ride-hailing records to identify and locate the two suspects, who were arrested in Teynampet.
- Investigators allege the victim, identified as Ameer Ali, was sedated with sleeping pills, had his throat slit and was dismembered at a Teynampet residence on June 2.
- Officers recovered the victim’s head and severed limbs from separate sites across Chennai and Chengalpattu, and the remains were sent to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for post-mortem while the suspects remain in custody.
- All three men and women involved are reported to be from Assam and worked as facilitators for outstation medical patients, and police say digital forensics and traditional evidence-gathering continue as inquiries and corroborating tests proceed.