US-Returned Chennai Couple Murdered By Domestic Help, Rs 5 Crore Stolen
NDTV
The incident came to light when the couple's daughter, who lives in the US, alerted local relatives after she could not reach her parents.
A couple in Chennai who returned from the United States just yesterday has been murdered by a domestic helper who stayed with them. Police have recovered Rs 5 crore worth of jewellery including nine kilograms of gold looted from them. The police have arrested two people in the case.
The couple was identified as 60-year-old Srikanth and his 55-year-old wife Anuradha. Srikanth was a Chartered Accountant by profession.
The accused allegedly killed the couple in a gruesome way in their house and buried the bodies in their farmhouse outside Chennai. Police arrested him and another man from Andhra Pradesh as they attempted to escape to their hometown in Nepal.
The incident came to light when the couple's daughter, who lives in the US, alerted local relatives after she could not reach her parents. Their mobile phones were switched off.
