Man wanted in 2018 double murder arrested in Mumbai

Man arrested in Mumbai after jumping bail for murdering elderly couple in Chennai over wage dispute and theft of jewellery.

More than five years after a man arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly couple in Chennai jumped bail, the police have managed to trace and arrest him in Mumbai. The accused Kamrul Alam, who hailed from Bihar, was engaged in construction-related work in Chennai when he committed the crime.

According to police, Alam killed Mayandi, 76, and his wife Vallinayaki, at their home on Ramalinga Nagar Road in Thoraipakkam, in 2018 following a dispute over payment of wages for some work he did on the couple’s property. He also allegedly stole the victims’ jewellery.

Although the police arrested Alam soon after the crime, he came out on bail. He had secured it after allegedly furnishing fake surety and fled the city. The Alandur Court then issued an arrest warrant against him.

Following this, a Special Task Force of the Greater Chennai Police took up the task to trace. A team went to his native village of Ratnapura in Darbhanga district of Bihar and investigated. It found that Alam had gone into hiding with his family.

However, recently, the police, with help from the cyber crime unit, detected money being deposited into the bank account of Alam’s wife by her family members. They noticed that the money had been withdrawn at an ATM in Mumbai. The team rushed to Mumbai and began investigating.

They found that Alam and his wife were living there. Acting on leads, the police reached his house and found that Alam had injured both his legs in an accident last month. The police arrested him and brought him to the city after obtaining a prisoner transfer warrant from a local court.