PALAYA INDUR, TAMIL NADU, INDIA – OCTOBER 29, 2026 20-year-old Devaraj beat his 45-year-old mother, S. Chinnapappa, to death with an iron rod after she refused to give him money. The murder took place at the family home in the Palaya Indur area of Dharmapuri district.
- S. Chinnapappa
- Devaraj
According to local media, the young man argued with his mother over money he had allegedly demanded to buy drugs. During the subsequent attack, he repeatedly struck her with an iron rod, inflicting fatal injuries. Some reports also mention the use of a knife, but this information has not been conclusively confirmed.
Devaraj was released from prison on bail just one day before the murder. He had previously been arrested for threatening someone with a knife and assaulting another man. Police detained him following the murder and launched a further investigation.
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