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In the incident at JJ Nagar, police arrested a 26-year-old man on Tuesday for the murder of a 50-year-old woman in Mogappair East. They consumed alcohol near their makeshift tent on Feb 22.
Police said Deepak Maji and Sathyendra Kumar were employed as earth mover operators in Akkarai. Police found the woman dead at the scene. Police arrested Sheikh and registered a murder case against him. He was produced before a magistrate court and remanded in judicial custody. Maji picked a quarrel and attacked Sathyendra Kumar after the latter pushed the former’s liquor bottle, which spilt on the floor. The injured Sathyendra Kumar was admitted to the govt Royapettah Hospital. Neelankarai police registered a case and arrested Deepak Maji on attempted murder charges. The arrested Maji was remanded in judicial custody.
Police said Sheikh, a plumber from Madurai district who lives in Mogappair East, was arrested following the discovery of the woman’s body near a bakery shop on Church Street on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday morning, neighbours informed JJ Nagar police that a man and a woman were lying near the entrance of a bakery shop on Church Street.