A court in Chennai on Wednesday remanded Ramkumar, accused in the June 24 murder of young woman IT professional Swathi, to three days police custody. While the prosecution sought five days police custody, the defence strongly objected to it, citing Ramkumar’s health condition. Speaking to reporters later, Assistant Public Prosecutor R Kolanchinathan said the custody was sought to question Ramkumar about issues like his antecedents and motive. After hearing both sides, Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Gopinath (he is 13th court magistrate now holding additional charge of 14th court) remanded Ramkumar to three days police custody. The 24-year-old techie Swathi was murdered allegedly by Ramkumar at Nungambakkam railway station on June 24.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2016 15:52 UTC