Two days ago, Selvam, the young son of Padmam, received the news he so dreaded ever since his mother had gone incommunicado; that she was no more.
The city police rang him to share the sad news. Padmam, a 52-year-old lottery vendor, had gone missing on September 26.
“She used to call us unfailingly every single day. But on September 26 she didn’t and we could not contact her either. This raised our suspicion,” said Selvam, who lodged a complaint for missing person with Kadavanthra police the next day after travelling all the way from Tamil Nadu.
