Chennai: Days after the police arrested film director S R Balakrishnan for murdering his wife and junior artiste Sandhya, police are still searching for the remaining body parts including the head at Perungudi dumpyard.
A day after arresting Balakrishnan, police rummaged through 11,700 tonnes of garbage at the dumpyard. Three huge cranes and earthmovers were used. Police also questioned several conservancy workers to find the spot where the garbage from Jafferkhanpet and Ekkaduthangal could be dumped. According to police, Balakrishnan first murdered Sandhya with a hammer.
Then he used a machete to chop her body up into five pieces, packed them into three plastic bags and disposed the bags in garbage bins in and around Jafferkhanpet. He waited till midnight to dispose the bags.