THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 38-year-old woman, who was stabbed to death at a plant nursery near Ambalamukku, has turned out to be the victim of an alleged serial killer. The accused, Rajendran, 49, of Vellamadom near Thovala in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, has admitted before the police that he has committed four similar murders in Tamil Nadu earlier. All those murders were committed when the victims resisted his robbery attempt.
The accused was caught by the members of a special investigation team from his current residence at Kavalkinar in Tirunelveli district during the early hours of Friday. He was brought to the Peroorkada police station, where his arrest was recorded by 4 pm.