Man arrested for murdering 80-year-old woman in Nagapattinam

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Velippalayam Police connected Wednesday arrested a 62-year-old antheral successful transportation with the execution of an 80-year-old pistillate successful Nagapattinam.

According to constabulary sources, the accused, Ramasamy, a autochthonal of Ramanathapuram district, was staying astatine a backstage old-age location astatine Sattaiyappar Street successful Nagapattinam. He is engaged successful sportfishing activities successful the area.

The victim, Chinnaponnu, a food vendor from Nalliyam Thottam, was recovered dormant adjacent the food marketplace connected Anna Salai connected Tuesday. Vendors who discovered the assemblage alerted the police. Police said the woman’s look had been bitten by stray dogs aft her death. Her assemblage was sent to the Government Medical College and Hospital successful Orathur for postmortem.

The Velippalayam Police registered a lawsuit and identified Ramasamy arsenic the fishy based connected footage from a CCTV camera installed successful the locality. During the probe, they recovered that helium allegedly attempted to sexually battle the pistillate portion nether the power of alcohol. When she resisted, helium reportedly attacked her with a stone, resulting successful her death.

The accused has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, constabulary said.

Published - June 11, 2026 08:00 p.m. IST

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