Madurai woman lives with brother’s dead body for two days

MADURAI: A 55-year-old woman suffering from learning difficulties lived with her brother's dead body in their apartment in Madurai for two days unaware of his death.
The deceased has been identified as Jayachandran,65, of Dharmasastha Apartment in Muniyandipuram near Vilachery. He had been into a transport business until a few years ago. Police said he had not married and had taken care of his sister Subbulakshmi, 55.
Police said that he could have died at least a couple of days ago since his body had started decomposing. Unaware of her brother’s death, Subbulakshmi resided in the house, cooking her own food.
Police sources said Jayachandran’s relative Soundararajan, who lives in Erode district, had been trying to contact him over the phone. As Jayachandran could not be reached, Soundararajan grew suspicious. He called up a former maid and requested her to check. She visited the house on Thursday morning and informed Soundararajan about his relative’s death.
Soundararajan alerted police. A team from the Subramaniyapuram police station reached the place and shifted the body to Government Rajaji Hospital for postmortem.
An inquiry was under way to ascertain the cause of the death, police said.
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