DIG (Madurai Range) Anand Kumar Somani ordered the suspension of Melur Inspector and Keelavalavu Sub-Inspector for not registering a case in time on the complaint, DSP Mangaleshwaran said.
48-year old Aiyappan, a daily wage worker staying in Thaniyamangalam village near Melur, went missing from June 4 and his wife lodged a complaint with Keelavalavu police on June 7. But a case was registered only on June 9.
One Mathivann yesterday surrendered in a court here and told the magistrate that he had killed Aiyappan and threw the body in a quarry in Sivaganga district, which has since been recovered.
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