A 27-year-old woman, working with the Forest Department here, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her house here on Saturday night.
Police said that a man identified as Thirumurugan, 28, son of Velayutham of Anupanadi in Madurai city, had surrendered before the Keerathurai police in Madurai in the early hours of Sunday claiming to have murdered Saranya.
Madurai city police informed Bodi town police Inspector Saravanan, who visited the scene of crime and seized the body.