Cop who killed senior surrenders

MADURAI: MADURAI: The constable, who was wanted in connection with the murder of a special sub-inspector of the Surandhai police station in Tirunelveli district, surrendered before the Valliyoor court on Tuesday.
Shanmugarajan, 56, had allegedly murdered Isakki, 50, as he had lodged a complaint with his superiors over the former’s habit of coming to work under the influence of alcohol, following which the constable was transferred to the Sudhamalli police station a few kilometres away.
On July 26, Shanmugarajan confronted Isakki who was resting in a house near the police station and quarrelled with him. Later, he allegedly stabbed the SSI with a weapon and Isakki who suffered multiple injuries, succumbed at the hospital.
A special team was constituted to nab Shanmugarajan, who went into hiding. Police were also posted in the courts in Madurai, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem and Tuticorin under suspicion that he would surrender there.
Shanmugarajan surrendered before the judge in the Valliyoor court on Tuesday and he was remanded in judicial custody.