Overview
- Arambakkam police arrested Silambarasan on October 21 after questioning over his wife's disappearance.
- He confessed to strangling 26-year-old Priya on August 14 and burying her about three kilometres from their home.
- Police recovered her body sealed in a plastic drum near a burial ground in Tiruvallur district.
- The investigation began after Priya’s children told their grandfather they had not seen her for about two months, prompting a missing-person complaint.
- A murder case has been filed and Silambarasan is remanded for 15 days as officers await post-mortem findings and probe motive and any assistance in disposal.