Tiruppur cops start identifying elderly people

TIRUPPUR/ERODE: The Tiruppur City police on Tuesday started a survey of houses where elderly people live alone, and farmhouses in all areas under the city police limits. Police Commissioner S Rajendran told TNIE that nine special teams have been formed for this task, adding that such murder for gain crimes are likely to occur not only in suburban areas but also urban areas.

Rajendran said, “We are continuously focusing on proactive crime prevention measures in Tiruppur city. As part of this, we have already planned to survey all houses where elderly people live alone and farmhouses throughout Tiruppur city. However, after the Sivagiri double murder incident, we have started that survey from Tuesday.”