Tirunelveli, July 30 -- Tirunelveli Police have arrested the accused of the murder of a Scheduled Caste youth in the district under the Goondas Act, said the police.

Surjith, 23, was arrested for the murder of Kavin Selvaganesh, 27, an IT employee from Arumugamangalam near Eral in Thoothukudi district.

Surjith's parents, Saravanan and Krishnaveni, both Sub-Inspectors attached to the Armed Police, have been placed under suspension after their names figured in the murder.

According to police sources, victim C. Kavin Selvaganesh (27) from Arumugamangalam in Thoothukudi district, had reportedly expressed romantic interest in the sister of the accused, Surjith.

Kavin, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste (SC) community, worked for a Chennai-b...