Madurai
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the Superintendent of Police, Ramanathapuram, to monitor the investigation into the case of murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh directed the Ramanathapuram police to expedite the investigation.
The petitioner, M. Veerapandi, father of the woman, alleged that on June 29 his daughter went missing after she had told the family members that she was going for a health check up. A complaint was registered with the police on August 1.
On August 13, a burnt body was found near L. Karukulam village in the district. The petitioner said that the body was identified to be that of his daughter from the bangles she had worn on the day she went missing. He alleged that his daughter could have been murdered by persons she knew and sought a direction to expedite the investigation.