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Farmhouse murder: Cops launch 43-point security survey
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|May 04, 2025
FOLLOWING the murder of an elderly couple in a farmhouse in Sivagiri in Erode district, the district police have started surveying elderly persons living alone, and families living alone, in farmhouses in Erode.
FOLLOWING the murder of an elderly couple in a farmhouse in Sivagiri in Erode district, the district police have started surveying elderly persons living alone, and families living alone, in farmhouses in Erode. Around 100 policemen from Erode and 100 from Nilgiris, Dharmapuri and Salem have been deployed for this task. The police are asking 43 questions to the public, and creating awareness.
According to sources, R Ramasamy and Bhagyalakshmi, an elderly couple who lived alone in a farmhouse in Vijayanagaram village near Sivagiri, were beaten to death by unidentified culprits and around 10 sovereigns of gold jewels were looted from the scene. The district police have formed 10 special teams to nab the accused.
This story is from the May 04, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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