CHENNAI: The Korattur police, belonging to the Avadi commissionerate, went to Punjab on Friday and arrested a man involved in a murder case and absconding for the last two years. The accused, Mohammad Irfan, belonging to Bihar, had murdered a man named Swamidoss in 2017 and was granted bail by a court in 2024.
The accused was working as a construction labourer in Korattur in 2017 and had an affair with Lakshmi, who was working with him. He, along with Lakshmi, murdered Swamidoss and were arrested. He was granted bail in 2018 and was absconding till 2023 when he was arrested again. He was granted bail again in 2024 and did not appear for further inquiries.
Following an arrest warrant issued by the court, a police team, headed by Korattur inspector J. George Miller, and comprising sub-inspector Basuleedin and three constables, started searching for him in Punjab, Delhi and his native place, Bihar.
The police arrested him in Punjab on Friday and brought him back to Tamil Nadu after obtaining a transit warrant.
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