The Madukkarai constabulary connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) arrested a antheral from Madurai connected the complaint of murdering a 40-year-old antheral and dumping his assemblage successful a sewage canal, aft stuffing it successful a gunny bag, connected Coimbatore - Pollachi Road.
Mahalingam, 41, of Madurai was arrested by the constabulary for murdering Balusamy, a nonmigratory of Seerapalayam astatine Madukkarai.
The constabulary said that a gunny container stuffed with a antheral assemblage was recovered successful a sewage canal adjacent the SIDCO overbridge. The deceased was aboriginal identified arsenic Balusamy, who was missing for the past fewer days.
The investigators recovered that Mahalingam had borrowed ₹20,000 from Balusamy and failed to instrumentality it. As Balusamy continued to request the money, Mahalingam planned to execution him. He asked Balusamy to travel adjacent the overbridge to cod the wealth a fewer days agone and murdered him by assaulting with a stone, said the police.
A pistillate was besides contiguous with Mahalingam and the constabulary are connected the lookout for her.
