Amid tight security, Ramkumar, arrested in connection with the sensational murder of a woman IT professional here last week, was today taken to Chennai in an ambulance and will be produced in a court.
On Friday night, he had attempted suicide by slashing his neck to evade arrest when surrounded by police following which he was under going treatment at a hospital here.
A special probe team led by Assistant Police Commissioner, Nungambakkam, K P S Devaraj, Armed Reserve Police personnel of the district and a team of medicos are accompanying the ambulance.
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Earlier, Tirunelveli First Judicial Magistrate Ramadoss visited Ramkumar at government medical college hospital here as there were some hiccups in producing him before the court.
After recording the case details, on a plea of police, the magistrate gave them authorisation to take the 24-year-old engineering graduate to Chennai with police security and medical personnel.
He directed that the accused be produced before a metropolitan magistrate court in Chennai.
Ramkumar was rushed to a local hospital after he slashed his neck, where he was given first aid and later shifted to the medical college hospital here.
24-year-old Swathi, employed with software giant Infosys, was hacked to death around 6.30 AM on June 24 while waiting to board a train at Nungambakkam Railway Station to her workplace on the city outskirts.
Ramkumar allegedly killed her after she resisted his efforts to befriend her. He had also reportedly told Swathi that he was in love with her, which she rejected.
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A day after Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa lauded Chennai Police Commissioner T K Rajendran for apprehending the alleged murderer Ram Kumar, DMK patriarch Karunanidhi praised the police officials for the same.
"I had condemned the police when Swathi was killed. Now, I laud the police officials for zeroing in on the culprit," he said.
Welcoming the arrest of culprit, BJP Tamil Nadu unit president Tamilisai Soundararajan said similar swift action should be taken in all other cases too.
Tamil Maanila Congress chief G K Vasan said more CCTV cameras should be installed in public places so that it would help prevent crimes.
