CHENNAI: A man who was accused of hacking an Infosys employee to death at a railway station in July was found dead in his prison cell in a case of suspected suicide on Sunday.
Preliminary reports said Ramkumar, a 22-year-old engineer, bit a live wire jutting out of a switchboard in his cell in Puzhal prison. He was taken to hospital where he was declared brought dead, sources said.
Ramkumar was accused of murdering 24-year-old Swathi while she was waiting to board a train to work at the Nungambakkam railway station. According to then Chennai police commissioner TK Rajendran, Ramkumar was infatuated with the victim and was angered by her rejection.
He was arrested in August after CCTV footage showed him near the crime scene following Swathi’s murder. He had attempted to slit his throat at the time of arrest.
His parents demanded a CBI investigation into his death.