Overview
- The victims were identified as T. P. Sakthivel and S. Amirtham, who had lived together for about three years on leased farmland in Pakkiripalayam near Chengam.
- Investigators reported the hut’s door was locked from the outside before the structure was set on fire in the early hours of Friday.
- A forensic team and a sniffer dog examined the scene, and post-mortems were conducted at the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruvannamalai.
- Tiruvannamalai Superintendent of Police M. Sudhakar has constituted special teams, with no arrests or named suspects announced as of early Saturday.
- Officers say they are examining all possible motives, including whether the estranged spouses of the couple played any role.