TN: College staff brutally killed by students

Coimbatore, Sept 27: Police arrested six college students on Monday, Sept 26 on charges of murdering K M Elangovan, joint secretary of a private college in Coimbatore. Elangovan's dead body was recovered from Kalingarayan canal in Erode on Sunday evening, Sept 25. It is being suspected that misunderstanding between the killers and the victim led to the gruesome murder.

Elangovan was the joint secretary of Kongunadu Arts and Science College in Coimbatore and a resident of Kumaraswamy Goundampalayam in Erode. He had graduated from SJCE, Mysore. He had a farmhouse where he would visit during weekends and holidays. The police revealed that all the six accused were well acquainted with him over the last three months and they often used to travel with Elangovan to the farmhouse and nearby places on pleasure trips.

"They used to meet at a tea stall near Elangovan's farmhouse and go from there to the farmhouse or for movies and other short outings. They were thick friends. We suspect there was a misunderstanding between them which led to the murder," said K Gunasekaran, deputy superintendent of police, Perundurai Sub Division, Erode.

The arrested were identified as Lokesh,19, Robinson, 21, Shankar,19, Prasanna,18, Mohammed Tariq, 20, and Periyasamy,21. They were intercepted near Avinashi in Coimbatore while driving the jeep which they had stolen from Elangovan. They were taken to Erode where they confessed to the crime during interrogation, the police said.

The arrested are being questioned by the police for further details about the murder. A case has been registered at Malayampalayam police station.

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