Breakthrough eludes investigators probing the murder of a retired teacher and a Siddha doctor here notwithstanding persistent inquiries and sustained investigation.
In the absence of tangible clues in both cases – one reported in Tiruchi City Police limits and the other in the jurisdiction of Tiruchi Rural Police, investigators are in the dark facing a real challenge in narrowing down the accused. Although various angles were being looked into by the investigators as part of the probe, they were yet to make any headway in both cases.
It’s nearly a year since the retired teacher Ruby Mary (60) was murdered in her house at Officers’ Colony near Puthur, a dense residential locality near the Government Hospital, in the last week of May last year. The woman who was alone when the killers struck was found dead with cut injuries in her neck. It was a murder for gain as jewels worn by her were found missing from the crime scene. The offence that took place in daylight came to light after the maid who came to the residence found her lying in a pool of blood.
The Government Hospital police station booked a murder case. During the course of probe, investigators looked into various angles including if there was any dispute among their near ones. Investigators were yet to get hold of specific clues that could lead to them to the motive and from thereon to the accused, say sources. The culprits apparently took away a mobile phone from the residence and the instrument was yet to be activated though the investigators were keeping a track. The pending case prompted the Commissioner of Police Sanjay Mathur, who took charge in January, to inspect the crime spot recently and ascertain the progress made so far in the case.
Second challenge
The same challenge remains for the investigators probing the murder of Siddha doctor C. Juliet Mary (56), a widow, who was killed in her house at Maruthi Nagar in Kollidam police station limits in last November.
The woman was alone when the culprits struck. The murder was even more ghastly as the killers had strapped the woman’s face with adhesive tapes.
Several suspects were enquired by special teams, each was entrusted with specific task.
Relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbours and others were inquired. The teams sifted video footages generated from closed circuit television units installed at petrol bunks and toll plaza following inputs that two persons apparently came in a car on the day of murder and met her.
The teams checked the mobile phone call details from the instrument used by the victim and those of the suspected persons. Despite all these efforts, investigators were yet to obtain vital clues to zero in on the accused. Nevertheless, investigations in both cases were being pursued actively, say the sources.
The cases pertain to murder of a retired teacher and a
Siddha doctor
