Swathi, employed with IT major Infosys, was hacked to death by an unidentified man on a platform in Nungambakkam Railway Station in Chennai on June 24.
Highlights
- Court gives police 2 days to find killer of techie, warns of action
- Woman was hacked to death by her alleged stalker on a train platform
- Her body lay bleeding on the platform, video showed suspect walking away
Three days after a 24-year-old Infosys techie was hacked to death at a busy railway station in Chennai, a court today raised questions about the investigation and gave the police two days to find the killer.
The Madras High Court warned of action "if there is slackness after two days."
Swathi S was killed on Friday by a man who had allegedly stalked her for months. He attacked her with a sickle while she was waiting for a train to her workplace 60 km from Chennai.
Swathi lay bleeding on the platform and died as those who watched the attack allegedly either boarded the next train or did not react.
Gruesome images of her body were blurred and shown widely on the media.
"Where were your police officers? Swathi's body was lying like an exhibition for two hours. Even the dead have got right to dignity under the Constitution," the court said to the police.
Footage released by the police over the weekend shows the suspect walking swiftly carrying a backpack. In another clip, the same man is seen running on a platform, away from the scene of the crime.
The high court asked Chennai police to explain a report that alleged its lack of coordination with the railway police, which initially looked into the incident.
The judges responded sharply to a reported statement by the Chennai police that the murder "was not within their jurisdiction" but they would "cooperate" with the railway police.
"You should have immediately transferred the case," the court said, as the public prosecutor insisted that there was no lack of coordination.