Swathi murder: Father, bookseller identify Ramkumar as the assailant
The father of the deceased techie yesterday identified P Ramkumar as the attacker. In an identification parade test, Swathi’s father and a bookseller at the Nungambakkam railway platform, where the techie was murdered confirmed that Ramkumar was the assailant.
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The identification parade was held at the Puzhal prison.
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Swathi’s father Santhana Gopalakrishnan and others had to identify Ramkumar from 10 similar looking people who were paraded in front of them.
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Investigations suggest that Gopalakrishnan knew Ramkumar was stalking his daughter.
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The identification parade took place under the supervision of Metropolitan Magistrate Sankar, and the entire proceeding was videotaped.Â
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Prior to the parade, Ramkumar was examined by the doctors. Ramkumar had attempted to slash his throat when the police had rounded him up in Tirunelveli on July 1.
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