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Shocking Discovery: Severed Head Found in Lake, Links to Suitcase Murder
9 Jun
Summary
- Assam man's severed head discovered in Kolavai Lake, linking to a torso found earlier.
- Investigators used garment barcode and phone data to identify the victim, Ameer Ali.
- Wife and her friend confessed to the murder, citing abuse and betrayal as motives.
The severed head of Ameer Ali, an Assam resident, was discovered on Monday in Kolavai Lake, Chengalpattu. This discovery linked to a torso found in a suitcase at Perambur Railway Station on June 5. Initially, investigators identified Ali using a barcode from his trousers and analyzing his phone's location data, which indicated frequent travel between T. Nagar and Teynampet, including visits to a cancer hospital.
Further investigation, aided by CCTV footage and auto-rickshaw booking records, led to the apprehension of Ali's wife, Rahima Khatun, 30, and her friend, Asraf Ali, 36. Both are from Assam. They confessed to conspiring and murdering Ameer Ali on June 2 by slitting his throat after incapacitating him with sleeping tablets.
The accused admitted to placing the headless body in a suitcase and abandoning it at the railway station. They also revealed they concealed the severed head in the Chengalpattu area and disposed of other body parts in a drainage canal near their Teynampet residence. Authorities recovered severed arms and legs from the Buckingham Canal area.
