We broke the tragic news that Santhanam's close relative Jayabharathi died under mysterious circumstances and the actor had requested the police for a detailed investigation. Now the Thiruvallur police have arrested four men who have confessed to brutally murdering the mother of a five-year-old.

According to reports Santhanam's relative Jayabharathi hailing from Thiruvaroor district, a few years back got married to one Vishnu Prakash, a software engineer in the USA and settled there. The couple who have a girl child split after misunderstandings and Jayabharathi returned to her parents home a few years back.

Jayabharathi had filed for divorce from Vishnu Prakash citing harassment and domestic violence which resulted in trouble for him at the company he was working in. The husband had then threatened Jayabharathi to withdraw the case or face severe consequences.

Jayabharathi who was working in a private company was returning home a few weeks back when a mini truck that is used to carry cash for banks rammed into her and she died on the spot. The parents of the girl have raised suspicion that Vishnu Prakash may have hired paid killers to finish off their daughter to vengeance and have sought a detailed investigation with help from Santhanam.

The police have arrested the main accused Senthilkumar a brother in law of Vishnu Prakash who masterminded the gruesome act. He had eluded arrest for almost three weeks citing that he is affected by COVID 19. The cops had earlier arrested Prasanna the driver of the truck and his accomplices Raja and Jagan.

It is reported that the murderers have confessed that on request from Vishnu Prakash they planned the murder and when Jayabharathi was returning from work they first rammed her Scooty to a palm tree and then kept jamming her till she died. Information has been sent to the Indian embassy in the USA to facilitate the arrest of Vishnu Prakash.