Two detained in woman murder case

TRICHY: Police detained two persons on Sunday, in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old woman on the outskirts of Trichy on March 2. However, they were not arrested till Sunday as the police interrogation is still on.
According to the sources, the Navalpattu police took Bhagyaraj and Sasi of Paramakudi on Saturday on suspicion that they were the murderers of S Muthumani, alias Maariyaayi, a 27-year-old woman from Chinnasooriyur, near Navalpattu, in Trichy.
When contacted the Navalpattu police inspector Rajesh said, “We have detained two persons for interrogation. But we have not yet arrested them. They may be arrested tomorrow after the interrogation.”
Sources said that the police zeroed in on the two persons based on the call detail record from the mobile phone of the deceased woman.
On March 2, Muthumani was found murdered inside a barrel at her maternal house in Chinnasooriyur.
Muthumani was staying with her mother after her husband deserted her one year ago. The couple had no children.
Her mother Chinnaponnu discovered the body of in the house after she returned from Erwadi. The post-mortem report confirmed that Muthumani was strangulated to death and dumped inside the barrel.
Navalpattu police had registered a case under section 302 of the IPC.
The police suspect that an illicit affair might have led to the murder of the woman.