In an apparent fallout of previous enmity, three people including two transwomen were found dead with their throat slit in a well at Palayamkottai on Friday.
Three people have been arrested in this connection, police said.
Police said the bodies were found packed in gunny bags when they were recovered from a well and identified them as Anushka(35), Bhavani (34) and Murugan (38). Murugan had married both Anushka and Bhavani, they said.
They had wanted to adopt a child and approached Rishikesh of Salem and had paid him Rs 5 lakh for this purpose, police said. However Rishikesh, after receiving the money, gave lame excuses for not being able to get them a child and allegedly tried to cheat them.
Meanwhile, Murugan purportedly spread defamatory messages about Rishikesh's siter on social media, police said. Irked by this, Rishikesh and two of his accomplices allegedly killed Murugan and the transwomen.
They had packed the bodies in gunny bags and dumped them in the well near the highway.
The bodies were discovered after some people from the transgender community approached the police saying they could not contact Anushka and Bhavani.
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