Couple and couple robbed and murdered in Erode; Palaniswami condemns DMK government

The farmhouse in Vilankattuvalasu was murdered on Thursday in the Erode district, where it was murdered. Image source: Special arrangement

An elderly couple living in a farmhouse were murdered and stole 15 gold jewelry from their home in Vilakethi, near Sivagiri, on May 1, 2025.

The deceased were identified as Ramasami, 75, and Bakiyamar, 65. The couple's son lives in Muthur and has been trying to contact them for the past two days, but his phone call has been unanswered, attracting attention. He then asked a relative to check them out. Relatives visited their home around 7 p.m. Thursday and found the couple murdered inside. The police were immediately reminded.

Police A. Sujatha and Deputy Chief of Perundurai Police Commissioner Gokulakrishnan checked the crime scene. Relatives confirmed that Bakiyamar's chains, earrings, bracelets and other jewelry were missing. Fingerprint experts and a sniffing dog were taken into part of the investigation. The bodies were sent to the government's erosion medical school and hospital for autopsy.

The brutal murder shocked the local community. T. Senthil Kumar's Police Inspector General (IGP) who visited the crime scene said eight special teams had been formed to arrest the perpetrators.

EPS hits the DMK government.

AIADMK Secretary-General and Opposition Leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami expressed shock at the crime. In social media posts, he criticized Chief Minister MK Stalin for referring to the latter’s recent statement in the state assembly that the law and order in Tamil Nadu are excellent. “What is this great law and order like?” he asked.

Mr Palaniswami pointed out that between 2022 and 2025, five elderly couples were brutally murdered in the Erode and Tiruppur regions, questioning whether such incidents are undeniable to the DMK government. “Are these isolated incidents?” he asked, adding that people now live in fear and cannot sleep peacefully at night.

Condemning the DMK government, he urged the Chief Minister to fulfill his primary responsibility for upholding the law and orders by taking strict actions against those responsible for murder and robbery.