Tamil actress Vishnupriya’s 73-year-old father Suryanarayanan murdered in Kodaikanal. Police suspect it to be revenge for a murder that took place in 2018, in which Suryanarayanan was an accused. Gold and CCTV hard disk are missing from the house.
Chennai: Another heartbreaking news has come from the film industry. Tamil actress Vishnupriya’s 73-year-old father Suryanarayanan was murdered at his home in Kodaikanal. His body was found in very suspicious circumstances in a bungalow. The police suspect that this was a murder committed as part of a well-planned conspiracy, which may have been the result of some old revenge. Suryanarayanan’s body was found on a chair, his hands were tied and tape was pasted over his mouth. He was dead before the police arrived.
Kodaikanal is a famous tourist spot, but this murder has created a sensation in the entire area. Suryanarayanan’s body was found in a bungalow near Kurinji Andavar temple. Some rooms of this bungalow were also given on rent to tourists. Police say that five youths who have been living here on rent for the last two days are suspected of murder. Gold jewelery and CCTV hard disk are also missing from the house. Two employees of the bungalow, Arumugam and Murali, were also found tied with ropes. Police are interrogating both of them.
Was Prabhakaran’s murder avenged?
Police are looking at this case by linking it to another murder that took place in 2018. In 2018, Suryanarayanan was arrested for the murder of Vishnupriya’s close friend Prabhakaran. Prabhakaran, who was a car driver, was found dead with his throat slit in a forested area of Kodaikanal. Seeing an abandoned car parked on the roadside for a long time, the local people informed the police. Then the police found that the hired killers had killed Prabhakaran on the instructions of Suryanarayanan.
Police investigation had revealed that Suryanarayanan was angry with the growing closeness between married Vishnupriya and Prabhakaran. At that time Vishnupriya’s husband was undergoing treatment in Kodaikanal due to mental problems. Vishnupriya often visited Suryanarayanan’s bungalow in connection with her husband’s treatment. Prabhakaran used to transport Vishnupriya from the airport to Kodaikanal. During this time both of them came closer. Suryanarayanan tried hard to stop Vishnupriya, but when she did not agree, he took this dreadful step. Suryanarayanan was granted bail after his arrest in that case, but the decision of the case has not come yet.
The District Police Chief has said that they are also investigating from this angle whether Suryanarayanan’s murder is revenge for Prabhakaran’s death. Let us tell you that Vishnupriya lives in Chennai and she has worked in Surya’s 2005 film ‘Mayvi’.