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Chennai: Cops on biriyani' trail nab murderers

Home delivered biriyani' helped cops trace both a murdered actress's husband and his paramour who lay low since the killing a month ago.

Chennai: Home delivered ‘biriyani’ helped cops trace both a murdered actress’s husband and his paramour who lay low since the killing a month ago.

“Biriyani packets were ordered from a different number used on actress Sasirekha’s husband Ramesh Shankar’s mobile phone. We checked with the delivery boy and confirmed the identity of Ramesh who was picked up later along with his paramour Lawkiiyaa Kashiiv”, said a senior police official. Sources said the number was primarily used for booking radio taxi service and ordering biriyanis.

“We started digging into the cases of domestic violence complaints,” the officer said.

During interrogation, the two confessed to committing the murder since Sasirekha was after them bragging in everything they were into. Sources said Ramesh and Lawkiiyaa convincsed Sasirekha to move in with them during the last week of Dec 2015. As per their plan, they mugged her to death.

The arrested duo vacated the house at Mathananthapuram in Kundrathur and moved into an apartment at Sholinganallur, immediately after disposing the body, on Jan 4.

“Ramesh and Lawkiiyaa changed their mobile numbers and carried on life as usual. Ramesh continued to offer his services as a casting agent and Lawkiiyaa presently as a model who had done two movies of which Vaathuruthy is in the making and the other, Karuppasamypuram, is yet to be released”, said another official.

Sasirekha’s parents did not lodge a complaint since her son used to go out with Ramesh. Ramesh convinced the boy to tell his grandparents, over phone, that Sasirekha was around.

Sasirekha’s body without its head was recovered from Ramapuram on Jan 5. Police recovered the head from a channel at Kolappakkam. The duo was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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