The police arrested three persons for the murder of a couple from a village near Kancheepuram on Friday.
The police said the victims M. Manickam, 52, and his wife M. Rani, 47, were residents of Arasanthangal village near Kancheepuram and weavers by trade. They were found dead on the banks of the Salai Kailasapuram irrigation tank near Arakkonam on May 23. The bodies were sent to the government hospital for a post-mortem and a case was filed.
“Five special teams were formed to investigate the case. We tracked the caller list of the mobile phone used by Manickam and narrowed down the list of suspects,” said Z. Annie Vijaya, Director General of Police (DIG), Vellore range.
