One arrested in Swedish national's rape, murder

     Kodaikanal: Tamil Nadu police today achieved a major breakthrough by arresting 18-year-old Vijayaraj in connection with the murder of Swedish tourist Aina Britt Mari. The dead body of the Swedish national Aina Britt Mari, who was reported missing near Kodaikanal, was found on March 20, buried in a banana plantation close to the meditation centre where she was attending a meditation programme since February 17. She was alst seen on March 11. The arrested man, Vijayaraj, is the son of a farm worker of the Zen Meditation Centre, where the Swedish tourist was attending a programme. Police have also recovered her camera and other belongings found buried in two different places. Sixty-year-old Mari was a spinster and a painter by profession. She had planned to leave for Kerala to the place of Matha Amirtanandamai. Although the police have confirmed that this is a case of rape and murder, they are awaiting a forensic examination of the remains. The police believe that the clear cause of death will emerge only after the forensic examination.
- March 21, 2005

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