Chennai: Identity of charred body established

Chennai: Four days after a charred body of a woman found on Chennai-Tiruchy National Highway in Chengalpattu, police had determined her identity, on Saturday. The woman was identified as 33-year-old Pokkisha Mary of Anna Nagar.

Chengalpet taluk police, who was in regular rounds, had found a woman’s body burning near a bush on Chennai-Tiruchy NH in Pazhaveli. The police doused the fire and took the body to Chengalpet Government hospital mortuary. Initially, the police had thought that the deceased person as transgender, but the post-mortem revealed that the body was a female and the deceased was raped and murdered, the police said.

Meanwhile, the police also initiated an enquiry to determine the identity of the deceased and informed various police stations that received missing complaints. Many complainants visited the mortuary and none of them identified the woman. “As the woman had a clip on her teeth, a Kerala-based family, who had filed a woman missing complaint with local police visited the hospital, on Saturday. Although the Kerala girl too had a clip on teeth, she did not wear a nose ring. So they returned to Kerala,” the police said.

Knowing about the nose ring, Arul Doss of Anna Nagar visited and identified the deceased as his daughter Pokkisha Mary (33), who went missing on May 26. Following the identity, the Anna Nagar police and Chengalpet taluk police have coordinated to find the reason for the murder.

Meanwhile, the Anna Nagar police with the help of Mary’s phone contacts had arrested Bala (40) of Anna Nagar on Saturday night and handed over to Chengalpattu Taluk police. “Bala and Mary were said to be in a relationship and recently they parted ways. Infuriated by her shunning, Bala had allegedly murdered her after abusing her,” the police said.