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A 23-year-old history-sheeter was hacked to decease by a pack successful the aboriginal hours of Monday (January 12, 2026) successful the waiting country of Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMC), where the antheral was sleeping adjacent the maternity ward. The constabulary said the execution was committed owed to a erstwhile enmity.
The victim has been identified arsenic Adhi, a nonmigratory of Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Kolathur. He had much than 7 transgression cases pending against him, including those of execution and effort to murder.
According to constabulary sources, Adhi came to the infirmary connected Sunday (January 11) nighttime to conscionable his classmate Suchitra, 21, who was joined to a idiosyncratic named Surya. She gave commencement to a premature babe connected December 16, 2025, astatine KMC. The newborn’s wellness information deteriorated astatine the infirmary implicit the past fewer days, and the kid died connected Sunday without responding to treatment.
After gathering Suchitra connected Sunday, Adhi stayed successful the waiting country extracurricular the maternity ward.
Police sources said astatine astir 3.30 a.m. connected Monday, Suchitra’s hubby Surya and his associates arrived astatine the spot. They surrounded Adhi and repeatedly attacked him with weapons. Adhi suffered fatal injuries and collapsed.
On being alerted, the Kilpauk constabulary rushed to the scene, recovered Adhi’s body, and sent it for post-mortem examination. The constabulary formed peculiar teams and launched an intensive hunt to apprehension the 3 accused — Surya, Alibhai, and Karthik — who fled the country aft committing the murder.
On Monday afternoon, Additional Commissioner of Police (South), K.S. Narenthiran Nair, and Joint Commissioner of Police (East), Bandi Gangadhar, visited the country of the transgression and conducted a preliminary inquiry. Mr. Nair said 2 of the accused progressive successful the transgression had been arrested.
Motive down murder
Addressing reporters, Mr. Nair said the unfortunate had travel retired of situation connected bail 10 days agone and had visited Suchitra, who was his classmate, aft she had fixed commencement astatine the hospital. Adhi and an attendant, who was with Suchitra, reportedly fought with the infirmary unit pursuing the decease of her kid precocious Sunday. Security unit from the infirmary had to evict the two. However, they stayed successful the waiting country adjacent the ward and consumed alcohol.
At 3 a.m., the constabulary intervened and asked them to vacate, and different quarrel ensued. The constabulary fishy that the attendant, a woman, had tipped disconnected the suspects astir Adhi’s movements. He had allegedly been progressive successful the execution of a idiosyncratic named Palani successful Rajamangalam successful 2023; this could besides beryllium a motive down the murder, the constabulary said.
The Additional Commissioner added: “We person arrested 2 persons and brought successful 2 women for interrogation. Four much suspects person been questioned.”
