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The constabulary connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) arrested a Bihar autochthonal connected the complaint of murdering his woman and dumping her assemblage successful an unused good adjacent Annur successful Coimbatore territory implicit a week ago.
Chhotalal Mandal (30) who had been moving arsenic a mason successful Tamil Nadu, was arrested for murdering his woman Sangeetha Devi (27).
Devi’s assemblage was recovered successful an unused good connected the compound of a defunct mill astatine Gobirasipalayam adjacent Annur connected June 17. The constabulary recovered the body, which was stuffed wrong a integrative sack, and aboriginal identified the deceased. Three peculiar teams of constabulary were formed and the investigators recovered retired that Mandal was astatine large.
According to the police, Devi was residing successful Bihar portion Mandal worked successful Tamil Nadu. She allegedly near their 3 children with parents and lived with 2 antithetic men, 1 aft the other, implicit a play of astir 2 years. She returned to her parents aft the 2 men allegedly near her.
Mandal, who had besides been arranging masons from Bihar for works successful antithetic parts of Tamil Nadu, brought Devi to Tiruchi astir 2 months ago. After predominant quarrels with his woman implicit her narration with different men, Mandal planned to execution her, said a constabulary officer.
He brought Devi to Gobirasipalayam connected June 11 wherever workers arranged by him were engaged successful renovation works of the defunct factory, which 3 Tiruppur-based persons were converting into an auditorium. Mandal, who was alert of the unused good connected the mill premises, strangled his woman to decease and absconded aft dumping the assemblage into the well, said the police.
S. Basker, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mettupalayam Sub-Division, said Mandal was arrested adjacent Mettupalayam, erstwhile helium came to cod his belongings.
