Five held for murdering man, throwing body on railway track

Two days after a man was found murdered on the railway tracks near Tiruvottiyur station, Korukkupet railway police on Saturday arrested five suspects. 

The accused were identified as K Rajesh (23) of Sathangadu, S Dinesh (19) of Tiruvottiyur, Rajuman (19) of Tiruvottiyur, M Deena (18) of Tiruvottiyur and S Manikandan (23) of Tiruvottiyur. 

Police said that the deceased Srinivasan had an enmity with Rajesh. As the latter found him walking alone the track between Wimco Nagar and Tiruvottiyur railway stations on Wednesday night Rajesh along with the other accused secured the victim. 

They beat him with stones, liquor bottles, asbestos sheets and murdered him on the spot before fleeing the spot. 

On Thursday morning, passersby noticed a man lying dead with injuries and alerted Tiruvottiyur railway police. 

A case was registered and the suspects were secured after investigation. Further investigation is on.