A day after a 45-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and killed at Rameswaram, the police reportedly seized some of the victim’s ornaments that were allegedly pledged by the six suspects, all migrant workers, at a pawn broker’s shop in the town on Thursday.
The woman’s body was found near a prawn unit late on Tuesday. Villagers resorted to road blockade and burnt tyres on the Rameswaram-Madurai Highway on Wednesday morning, affecting vehicular movement till about 1 p.m. Some youths in the village had assaulted six migrant workers, who they suspected were behind the crime. The police admitted them to the Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. , for treatment.
Based on the alleged confession of the suspects, a police team conducted a search at the pawn shop. It was said they had seized some ornaments belonging to the woman. A police officer said the suspects planned to escape to their native place in Odisha using the money they received by mortgaging the jewels.
