was discovered in a well in the village of Kilmaligai, with her clothing and jewels stripped off and her hands tied. Nandini's family members were called to identify the body and they confirmed it. Incident Police Investigations on the Hindu Munnani Union Secretary after they found Nandini's body on 14 January reported that Nandini wanted Manikandan to marry her following her pregnancy while he pressured her to get an abortion. He was not really willing to marry her because she from the Paraiyar caste, a Dalit community. Nandhini stormed out of her house because it was hard to conceal her conception from her family. The Police also revealed that she was abducted by Manikandan, the prime accused. Three days later, she was raped by him and his three mates. Later the men cut her genitalia with a blade and pulled out the foetus from her womb, due to excessive bleeding Nandini died on the spot. The men tied her hands, then tied her body with a stone and tossed it into a nearby well. In order to avoid further suspicion, they killed a dog and put its body in the same well. The partly decomposed body of Nandhini was discovered in the dry village of Sirukadambur on 14 January. She was found with her hands tied at her back and her clothes and jewellery stripped off. Autopsy Post-mortem of Nandhini's body was conducted in the Ariyalur Government hospital. The Autopsy results revealed that Nandhini was raped and murdered. On the basis of a post-mortem examination, which describes the level of the body's decay, the police said that her death happened two weeks before the corpse was discovered and that she had not been kept in unlawful detention. The activists and the victim's family were not persuaded by the reports. Advocate Sasikumar, an Ariyalur activist who had assembled a fact-finding committee, claimed that Nandhini had been seen with Manikandan till 3 January. The family claimed that the police were attempting to fix the death date as 29 December in order to cover up their inability to track down the victim. Arrests According to the DSP counter-affidavit, on 14 January, Manikandan surrendered to the Village Administrative Officer and admitted to his crimes. Manikandan was arrested on Goondas act and was jailed at Trichy Central prison. Three of Manikandan's friends were arrested on 15 January 2017. Reactions The hashtag was trended on social