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After a three-day search, the constabulary connected Friday (January 30, 2026) recovered the assemblage of a pistillate from Bihar astatine the Perungudi dump gait successful transportation with the triple execution case. She, on with her hubby Gaurav Kumar, a migrant labourer, and their son, was allegedly murdered connected January 24 successful Taramani by assailants who were besides from Bihar.
What is the lawsuit about?
On the greeting of January 26, passersby noticed humor oozing from a gunny container adjacent a two-wheeler showroom connected 1st Avenue, Indira Nagar, wrong the limits of the Adyar constabulary station. When alerted, the constabulary rushed to the spot.
In the bag, the constabulary recovered the assemblage of an unidentified man, aged astir 25, with chopped injuries to the head. The assemblage was sent to the Government Royapettah Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
A lawsuit was registered astatine the Adyar constabulary station, and the deceased was identified arsenic Gaurav Kumar, a autochthonal of Bathiyabar colony successful Sheikhpura territory of Bihar. It was besides learnt that helium had travel to Chennai successful hunt of employment on with his woman and their two-year-old son.
On January 27, based connected definite suspicions, Sathyender alias Santhosh Kumar, 30, was questioned. It was revealed that helium was a autochthonal of Alipur colony successful Nalanda territory of Bihar and was employed arsenic a daytime watchman astatine the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) successful Taramani. He got acquainted with Gaurav Kumar aft the second approached him seeking employment.
How was the transgression committed?
Gaurav Kumar had been moving arsenic a information defender successful Sriperumbudur previously. The constabulary said that connected January 24, promising to put a occupation for him, Sathyender allowed Gaurav Kumar and his household to enactment with him connected the 4th level of a gathering connected the institute’s campus.
Further probe revealed that the different 2 accused — Lalit Yadav, 40, and Vikash Kumar, 24, besides natives of Bihar — were employed arsenic a night-time watchman astatine ICT and arsenic a watchman astatine an flat analyzable successful Kottivakkam, respectively.
The constabulary said that connected the nighttime of the incidental (January 24), Gaurav Kumar, Sathyender, Lalit Yadav, and Vikash Kumar were consuming intoxicant connected the 4th level of the gathering wherever Gaurav Kumar had been staying.
A quarrel broke retired among them, and Sathyender, Lalit Yadav, and Vikash Kumar jointly assaulted Gaurav Kumar, his wife, and their kid utilizing robust rods, sidesplitting them. It was further revealed that the bodies were tied successful gunny bags and dumped astatine antithetic locations aboriginal that aforesaid night. The constabulary besides secured CCTV footage showing 2 suspects transporting a assemblage connected a two-wheeler earlier dumping it.
Sathyender, Lalit Yadav, and Vikash Kumar were arrested. After interrogation, they were produced earlier the tribunal connected Thursday (January 29, 2026).
Search for body
The assemblage of the deceased kid was recovered from the Buckingham Canal adjacent Madhya Kailash. The accused had said the assemblage of Gaurav Kumar’s woman was dumped successful a garbage bin adjacent Modern Bread, Taramani, and astir 50 constabulary personnel, on with 25 staffers from the Greater Chennai Corporation, jointly carried retired an intensive hunt cognition astatine the Perungudi dump gait to retrieve her body. The assemblage was recovered connected Friday.
Police sources said the woman’s assemblage was successful a decomposed authorities arsenic it remained buried nether garbage. The assemblage was sent to the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) for post-mortem examination.
Doctors volition find the origin of decease and analyse whether she sustained immoderate outer injuries oregon was sexually assaulted earlier being murdered.
Gaurav Kumar’s assemblage was handed implicit to his elder brother, Sourav Kumar, who works arsenic a information defender astatine a silk saree showroom successful Anna Nagar. He took the assemblage to their autochthonal colony successful Bihar for the past rites.
The constabulary said further probe is nether mode to found the series of events and the roles played by each of the accused successful the murders. The relation of 2 much suspects is besides being investigated.
