Udhagamandalam (TN), December 20: Three army personnel and a civilian were arrested today in connection with the alleged murder of a soldier in the Defence Service Staff College at nearby Wellington.
Havildar Major Ramasamy (47) was found dead with stab injuries in front of his quarters in the high-security college complex yesterday.
The arrested were identified as Umesh, an assistant who worked under Ramasamy, his accomplice and two college staff, police said.
Umesh was recently reprimanded by Ramasamy for slackness in duty and transferred to West Bengal. Angered over this, he stabbed Ramasamy to death with the help of other accused, they said, adding further investigations were on.
–Agencies