Murder investigation stalled for 5 hours over jurisdiction dispute

Around 3.30 pm on Monday, the villagers noticed the body of a man, later identified as Vigneshwaran of Radha Nagar in Chromepet, with his throat slit, in farmland at Arul Murugan Nandavanam Nagar.

When they alerted the Pallikaranai police, a team from the station came to the spot and said the area came under Chitlapakkam police.

Finally, based on direction from senior officers, Pallikaranai police registered a case around 9 pm. Officials said Vigneshwaran, who supplied drinking water cans, was last seen travelling in an autorickshaw with Kamalakannan and Sarath of Chitlapakkam around 2 pm.

The body was sent to the Chromepet government hospital for post-mortem examination, and the police are searching for Kamalakannan and his friends who are absconding.