A 63-year old Chennai-based lady doctor has been murdered for gain and three persons, including her woman aide and car driver, were arrested Monday for allegedly perpetrating the crime, police said.

 

Mallika was missing since June 12 and her body was found with strangulation marks in Villupuram district, around 160 km from here.

 

Cracking the case, police arrested aide Sathya, her relative R Ganesh and car driver S Karthik for allegedly murdering Mallika and recovered 35 sovereign of jewels taken away from the victim.

 

Police said Sathya and Ganesh strangulated Mallika on June 12 itself in moving car near Chengelpet, about 50 km from here, with Karthik at the wheels.

According to police, Karthik was in a relationship with Sathya and the duo along with Ganesh decided to kill the doctor for gain. Karthik was initially hired by Mallika on an adhoc basis, known as "acting driver", but later continued to serve her for seven months.

 

"The victim did not cross check the antecedents of Karthik before employing him," a police official said.

 

A woman and her daughter were murdered recently at Maduravoyal here by an "acting driver" for gain. In that case too, the antecedents were not verified.