Chennai: In the latest development in the murder case of Chennai Infosys techie, the alleged murderer has been arrested by the police from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu.
As per the police, Ramkumar, also a 24-year-old techie, was infatuated with deceased Swathi S.
Reports have that the alleged attacker tried to commit suicide as the police were trying to catch him.
Swathi Santhanagopalakrishnan was found murdered at Nungambakkam railway station last week.
The police had come under criticism as no headway has been made in the case so far although cops had released CCTV images of a suspect.
The Madras High Court had also come down on the state government, warning it of suo motu intervention if there was any slackness in the probe.
The state government had subsequently transferred the investigation of the case from the Government Railway Police to the city police on Monday.
Meanwhile, the BJP’s state unit staged a protest in Chennai demanding justice in the case.
Party’s state unit president Tamilisai Sounderrajan and other senior leaders participated in the protest held at Valluvar Kottam.
Congress National spokesperson Khushbu Sundar called on the family of the victim and consoled them.
The actor-politician visited Swathi’s residence at Choolaimedu.
She later told reporters that the issue should not be politicised. She said there are some lapses on part of the government like absence of a CCTV camera at the station and regretted that no passengers had come forward to help the victim.
