India, May 19 -- The Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested a gang of three men for the murder of an elderly couple that lived in a rural area of Erode district, officials said. However, during the course of investigation, they found a pattern in the killings.

While the three have been arrested for the double murder a fortnight ago, wherein they allegedly also stole gold from the couple, the police found that the same gang was also linked to a similar triple murder late last year in adjoining Tiruppur district.

In November 2024, an elderly couple and their son were found dead inside a farmhouse in Tiruppur's Palladam, with gold missing even in that case. Since there was no breakthrough in nabbing the accused, the case was transferred to t...