Overview
- The accused, S. Indushekhar, was arrested Wednesday near Ulsoorgate and police found two children in his car, including a 10‑year‑old boy who was later rescued and reunited with relatives.
- Investigators recovered two decomposed bodies in a Salem district forest that the accused has identified as his wife Sunitha and her mother Rupavathi and family members were taken to the site for formal identification.
- Police allege a pattern of sedating victims with sleeping pills, bludgeoning them—one child’s postmortem showed multiple blunt‑force head injuries—crushing some bodies with a grindstone and wrapping remains in plastic and gunny bags.
- Authorities say the accused removed gold ornaments from several victims and have begun tracing transactions and pawn records to establish whether jewellery was sold to fund travel and other expenses.
- The accused’s 17‑year‑old daughter is a subject of the probe over suspected help in disposing bodies and police have remanded him to custody while forensic tests, vehicle searches and location checks continue.