Woman staff of corrugated box making unit found dead in workplace; probe underway
The deceased woman was identified as S Selvi of Andi Siruvallur village. She was working at a corrugated box manufacturing unit in Enathur, about 5 kms from Kancheepuram town.
S Selvi
CHENNAI: A 38-year-old woman was found dead with injuries to her head at a corrugated box manufacturing unit, where she was employed, in the neighbouring Kancheepuram district on Saturday night. Preliminary investigations suggested that the woman may have been murdered for her jewellery.
The deceased was identified as S. Selvi of Andi Siruvallur village, who worked at a corrugated box manufacturing unit in Enathur, which is located approximately 5 km from Kancheepuram town.
Selvi, as usual, had gone to work on Saturday morning but did not return home beyond the normal hours. This prompted her husband, Suresh, and family members to go in search of her.
On reaching her workplace, a man in an inebriated state was outside the unit, and he was unable to answer about the woman's whereabouts, police sources said. Subsequently, the woman's husband and relatives went inside the unit and looked for her and found her dead body dumped amidst the scrap materials.
On information, personnel from the Ponnerikkarai police station rushed to the scene and moved Selvi's body to a government hospital for post-mortem. Family members told police that the jewellery she was wearing was missing too.
Police have detained Selvi's employer, Praveen Kumar, and another staff member for questioning and have also launched a search for the drunk man who was found outside the unit when Selvi's family members came looking for her.
