Shock grips India over the savage extermination of a young Bihar couple and their baby in Chennai, triggered by a botched sexual assault during a drinking binge. The case underscores vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers in southern metros.
Gaurav Kumar, 24, Meenu Devi, 22, and son Birmani, 2, left Nalanda for Chennai’s job market. January 25 night’s gathering with peers went awry as booze-fueled men groped Meenu. Gaurav’s protective defiance met fatal retaliation—an iron rod blow ended his struggle immediately.
To silence potential testimony, killers hacked down mother and child callously. They rushed to conceal the atrocities. Gaurav’s sack-bound body in Adyar on January 26 alerted authorities, launching a probe.
Suspects cracked under grilling, admitting guilt. Child’s remains surfaced from Buckingham Canal per their input. Meenu’s is pinpointed to Indira Nagar station’s garbage dump; recovery ops intensify with municipal aid.
Tamil Nadu’s polity erupts: AIADMK-BJP indict DMK on safety lapses; Kanimozhi vows harsh penalties in somber response. Bihar kin in Nalanda wail over caskets returning from aspiration’s promise.