CHENNAI: A 25-year-old Anglo-Indian was found dead under suspicious circumstances near Tada Falls on the Grand Northern Trunk (GNT) Road and was buried in a cemetery in the city on Monday.
Andre Dominic Greenwood, who was working in a BPO in the city, had gone on a trip to Tada Falls on Saturday around 9 am from his Perambur residence, according to sources close to the family. “It was unlike him to go alone to that Falls. His sling bag, wallet and mobile phone are missing from the scene. He always keeps the bike’s registration papers in his bag. But, the policemen told the family that they took out the papers from the cabinet below the seat,” Bradford Heldt, a cousin of Andre, told Express.
“We found Andre’s legs twisted backwards and he was lying on his back on the road when he was spotted by farm workers,” Bradford said. “There were punctures in the left rib region and a couple of cut injuries on his face,” he added.
“We are sure he would have gone with someone. A couple of beer bottles, including a broken one, and some liquor bottles were also found near the body, which raise our suspicion further,” another friend, who was at the funeral, told Express.
When contacted, Andre’s family said police told them he had been killed in a road accident. “We are awaiting the post-mortem report, that will ascertain the cause of the death,” a family member told Express.
Personnel from the Tada Police Station told the family members that Andre had died in a road accident near Podi village near Tada Falls on the GNT Road in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. A case of unnatural death under section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure was registered there.
The family reached Nellore on Saturday night and identified Andre. The body was handed over to the family on Sunday after the post-mortem and the burial was done in a cemetery at Kilpauk on Monday afternoon.