By IANS,
Chennai : Three relatives of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.G. Ramachandran were detained late Thursday evening in connection with the murder of a nephew of his late wife Janaki, police said.
Vijayan had been beaten to death Thursday in Turnbulls Road, a posh southern suburb here by unidentified persons using iron rods, after an altercation with the occupants of a car that tailed him. As life ebbed out of Vijayan, the car sped away, his friend and computer operator S. Senthil told the police.
Vijayan was declared dead on arrival at the Apollo Hospital.
V. Sudha, the wife of the deceased, alleged wrongdoing by her brother-in-law K. Rajendran over a property dispute. After some enquiries, Rajendran, his wife R. Latha and son R. Kumar were picked up for questioning, police sources said.
Vijayan was carrying on a campaign against Rajendran, the main executor of the will of MGR.
MGR’s widow Janaki Ramachandran had left behind huge property worth around Rs.150-200 million. MGR had no children and willed his property to his wife, who in turn left it to a trust to be handled by MGR’s lawyer N.C. Raghavachari. After the lawyer died, he willed that it would be executed by Rajendran, another nephew.
“We hope to crack the case very soon. We have all the leads,” city police commissioner R. Sekar told IANS.