CHENNAI: A 75-year-old woman, who stayed alone, was murdered in Triplicane, Chennai, on Wednesday night. The police arrested a pavement dweller on charges of murdering the woman and attempting to sexually assault her.
A police officer identified the woman as Rekha (name changed) from third street in Rotary Nagar in Triplicane. She lived alone and her neighbour Boopalan was taking care of her.
Boopalan last saw Rekha on Wednesday night when he went to give her dinner.
On Thursday morning, he visited the woman’s house again to give breakfast. But, found her lying dead. Boopalan immediately alerted the police.
Royapettah police found Rekha with stab injuries on her face. Her body was retrieved and sent to Government Royapettah Hospital for a post-mortem.