Within 24 hours, the culprit behind the murder of a 19-year-old college student has been arrested. The accused has allegedly confessed to the crime to the police
Dindigul: A day after a 19-year-old-college girl was found murdered in Pollachi, Coimbatore rural police arrested the accused on Sunday.
The accused, Satish Kumar was arrested in Dindigul on Sunday morning based on the cell phone tower location details received from the Coimbatore rural cyber crime police.
Police said that the accused confessed to killing the girl as she was planning to get married.
According to the police, the accused and the girl were known to each other.
Three years ago, Satish had expressed his desire to marry her but was turned down by the girl’s parents since she was a minor. He later went on to marry another woman with whom he had been living in Gurvayur.
However, the teenager was preparing to get married, which angered the accused.
“When the girl was returning to her hometown on Friday afternoon, the suspect came to Coimbatore in a car. He offered to take her along to Dindigul. During the ride, he picked up a quarrel with the girl over her marriage. The quarrel escalated and ended in the girl’s murder,” a senior police official said.
The parents of the deceased arrived in Coimbatore and told police about their suspicion on Satish.
Based on this, he was summoned for an inquiry.
However, after the body was found, the police checked his mobile phone activity since Friday through tower locations.
The officials found out that Satish and the deceased travelled on the same route, leading to a thorough inquiry into the suspect’s role.
CCTV footage collected from a fuel station near the deceased’s hostel showed a man following her on Friday afternoon.
“The victim’s family confirmed that the person in the CCTV had a resemblance to the suspect,” the police said, adding they were awaiting the postmortem report to conclude whether the girl was sexually harassed.
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