Chennai:
On Friday, police arrested the suspect killer in the Chennai Infosys employee murder
case, a week after a 24-year-old Infosys techie was hacked to death at a
bustling railway station in Chennai.
The
suspect, also a 24-year-old techie named Ram Kumar, reportedly attempted
suicide as the police were catching him. He is now recovering in a hospital.
Police say Ram Kumar stayed near the victim Swathi’s house and was infatuated
with her.
On
Thursday, a new photo of the suspect was released which gave a front view of
him — a thin young man with a backpack — for the first time.
Swathi
was killed with a sickle last Friday, and the suspect was seen running away
from the platform in footage captured by CCTV cameras in nearby buildings — the
Nangambakkam railway station, where the incident took place, has no CCTV
cameras. On Friday, Swathi was waiting for her train to work at around 6.45 AM
when the attacker approached her and, after an argument, grabbed a sickle from
his backpack and struck her repeatedly.
Swathi’s
body was left on the platform for over two hours as those who watched the
attack did nothing to stop the killer; many left by the next train. The police
arrived only hours later, which led the Madras High Court to comment that
Swathi’s body was left “lying like an exhibition”.
The
court’s two-day deadline to crack the case ended on Wednesday. It had stepped in
following reports of a lack of coordination between the railway police, which
had initially inquired into the incident, and the Chennai police.
Over
the last few days, investigators have questioned Swathi’s parents, relatives,
close friends and colleagues. The police say Swathi was being stalked for
months.
The crime has generated waves of shock
and anger, not just over its gruesome nature, but also because of the complete
lack of response from those who witnessed the crime.
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