Elderly woman murdered for half sovereign gold jewel; police on the lookout for murderers

Coimbatore: Three special teams under the supervision of DSP Balamurugan has been formed to nab to the murderers involved in the gruesome murder of an elderly woman and destroyed the evidence by burning the place at Myileripalayam here on Friday night.    

Elderly couple, Jayapal (60) and Devaki (55) from Thiruvallur district had re-located to Coimbatore and owned a petty shop in Myileripalayam on Thoppampalayam road here. 

A couple of days back, Jayapal had left to his home town for some personal work and Devaki was staying alone in the house and taking care of the shop. Meanwhile, on Friday night Devaki was brutally murdered by some people who burnt the shop and sprayed chill powder around her body to avoid detection by snifer dog. The murderers eloped with her half sovereign gold earrings.  

Seeing the shop burn, the neighbours rushed to rescue Devaki who was found brutally murdered and dead. The public alerted the Chettiplayam police who have registered a complaint and are investigating.