By IANS,
Chennai : The burnt body of a security guard was discovered in the southwest suburb here Thursday, the third mysterious murder in the city in the past 10 days and the sixth in a month.
The continuous murders with similar modus operandi have triggered fears and rumours about a psychopath killer and left the authorities foxed, official sources told IANS Thursday.
The latest victim, S. Basha, 45, was found charred to death with his head bashed with a stone, the police said.
Failure to identify the apparent motive behind the murder and the victims’ poor backgrounds have left the police in a quandary, sources said. Police interrogate over 150 tramps every day, sources added.
Police commissioner R. Sekar, who ruled out possibilities of a psychopath earlier, said: “All angles are being looked into.”