Friday August 10, 2007
Two suspects in murder case released; they were just punters
By DHARMENDER SINGH
SHAH ALAM: Police have released the two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a man, whose charred remains were found in burning car here on Sunday, after finding out that they were not involved in the crime.
The two men were arrested after they were spotted leaving the area where the car had been set on fire. Investigations revealed that they had been nothing more than punters trying to get a look at the number of the burning car.
Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Noor Azam Jamaludin said the two suspects were released after their remand order expired as police investigations revealed that it was unlikely that the two were responsible for the death of the victim, believed to be S. Umapathy, 29.
“The two suspects were just there to look for ‘nombor ekor’. They were also drunk at the time and could not offer much information on the case,” he said.
Police are, however, still investigating the case to determine the motive for the murder. Umapathy, a human resource manager with a fitness centre, was reported missing by his family on Saturday and police found his burning car at about 2am the following day.
Umapathy is said to have left his house in Taman Bayu Perdana in Klang at about 7pm on Friday to go to a temple in Rantau, Negri Sembilan, but he never returned home.
His brother, Gopalakrishnan, when contacted said the family was still hoping that the body that had been found in the car was not that of Umapathy.
He said the body had been burnt beyond recognition and the only way to know for certain if it was Umapathy was through DNA testing.
“The tests have been conducted but the results will only be known in about two weeks so all we can do for now is wait,” he said.
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