Skeletal remains of woman murdered in 2014 exhumed

Coimbatore: Police on Wednesday exhumed the remains of a 28-year-old woman, who was allegedly murdered by her mother, uncle and mother’s lover six years ago at Veerapandi here.
Abul Kasar, 60, and his wife Sagayarani, 54, residents of Velan Nagar, had lodged a complaint with the Veerapandi police in June 2014 after their daughter Esther Baby went missing.
In March this year, the Pallikarani police in Chennai arrested Xavier Arul, 50, younger brother of Sagayarani, in connection with a murder case. Kasar informed the Tirupur police that his daughter had gone missing after Arul visited his house. A team was sent to interrogate Arul, who was lodged in the Puzhal prison.
“The deceased had found out that her mother was having a relationship with their neighbour Bakiyaraj, 38. Arul, Sagayarani and Bakiyaraj killed the girl and buried the body near their house in Veerapandi,” a police officer said.
A medical team exhumed the skeletal remains and sent them for forensic examination.
Police have altered the case to include 302 (Punishment for murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arrested Sagayarani and Bakiyaraj.