NAGERCOIL: Cracking the case relating to the intriguing murder of a forest department staff and his wife, who were found dead with gunshot wounds on the Suchindram-Theroor road, after three months, police on Saturday arrested the personal assistant of the State Forest Minister and a local rowdy.According to police, 33-year-old Sahayam alias Ayyappan, who is an assistant to Minister K T Pachamal, representing the Kanyakumari constituency in the State Assembly, has been arrested, along with ‘Mundakan’ Mohan, a history sheeter from Bhoothapandi.While there are two criminal cases pending against Sahayam, Mohan is said have had his arms training as a henchman of Venkatesa Pannaiyar of Ammanpuram near Tiruchendur, who was killed by in a police encounter in Chennai in 2003.The murder of Arumugham, an office assistant in the Aralvaimozhi forest range office, and his wife Yogeshwari on the night of November 10, 2011, while they were returning home after attending a wedding at Suchindran on a two-wheeler had created a sensation in the district.Police sources said that Sahayam, who is related to Yogeswari, had a dispute with her over a piece of land and is suspected to have engaged Mohan to settle scores.
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