Murders in Chennai give rise to ‘psychopath’ story

Four murders, including a rag-picker and two security guard have rocked the city as the Police is cluless as of now.

One more person died under mysterious circumstances in Chennai on Thursday as Chennai police groped for clues regarding four similar deaths in the past two weeks amid a scare that a psychopath killer was on the prowl.

The body of Basha (50), a security guard with a real estate firm, was found half-burnt with a few liquor bottles in the upmarket Ashok Nagar area near Vadapalani. The incident took place barely 500 metres away from Ashok Nagar police station.

Four others including a rag-picker and a security guard, were found dead in similar fashion in the city.

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The deaths sparked off fears of a psychopath stalking the upmarket neighbourhood. Last week police claimed to have solved the mystery of the deaths with the arrest of one Ekambaram stated to be a mentally unstable person.

However, two deaths have been reported after his arrest, taking the overall toll of mysterious deaths to five. So far, two persons were found dead with their heads smashed while the bodies of three others were found burnt while one was left injured.

Chennai Police Commissioner R Sekar had termed the killings as “a challenge” to police, and vowed to “put an end to such mysterious deaths in the neighbourhood.”