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Brother, relative arrested in murder of woman professor

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Police today arrested two persons, including the brother of the woman whose body was found with her throat slit and body parts , charred, a fortnight ago.

Latha an assist professor was found in her bedroom at IOB Colony in Irugur, on January six and four special police teams were formed to nab the culprits. Her throat was slit and parts of body burnt.

Investigations led to the arrest of one Chandrasekharan today, on whose information Latha’s brother Satheeshkumar was also arrested a police department release said.

The accused said to have confessed to the crime, the result of long standing enmity between brother and sister, it said.

It was said that Latha was always blaming Satheesh when articles from her house went missing and was also upset as he was not getting married, due to Latha’s stay in the house, after leaving her husband, the release said.

The murder was plotted eyeing on the property of Latha. Both were produced before the court and remanded to custody and lodged in the central jail here.

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