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Missing jewellery shop employee murdered
The Hindu
Police arrest two and recover stolen valuables
The case relating to a missing employee of a jewellery shop here who reportedly went missing on Sunday with gold ornaments weighing nearly 1.6 kilograms in his possession while returning from Chennai to Tiruchi in a car hired from a travels agency took a twist on Monday with the police announcing that it was a case of ‘murder for gain’. Swift action by the city police team resulted in the recovery of the stolen jewels and the arrest of two accused - Prashanth aged around 26 years, the driver of the hired car, and another person named Prashanth aged around 21 years. The murdered victim was identified as Martin Jayaraj who worked in the jewellery outlet functioning along the Karur By Pass road here. Five more persons were also involved in the murder. Martin Jayaraj was allegedly strangulated to death and the body buried at Azhagiyamanavalan near Manachanallur a few kilometres away from the city.More Related News