Visha Oosi case

Visha Oosi Case (lit. meaning case of toxic injection) is a series of murders that took place between 1970 and 1972. The Victims were mostly people carrying higher amount of cash and jewellery were targeted and murdered. This case rocked the city of Chennai, India during 1970's.

The incidents

During the time between December 1970 and October 1972 Seven people were murdered in Chennai and their valuables were robbed. The Victims were Vadivullan Chettlar of Karaikudi who was carrying Rs. 1.5 lakh, Shahul Hamll of Malaysia (Rs. 55,000), Buhan Thambi of Tirunellvelli district (Rs. 50,000), Siddique of Kayalpatnam (Rs. 60 000) and Mohammed Salai of Karaikal (Rs. 19,900). Thaika Thambi, the last victim, was murdered in October 1972. He was carrying 23 gold bits valued at Rs. 75,000. The TamilNadu State CBCID filed the cases and investigated the murders.

Investigation and aftermath

The Tamilnadu CBCID police arrested T.V.Vaitheeswaran, owner of a drug store and seven of his accomplices. According to his confession, the gang members would pose as customs officers and under the pretext of interrogation, took them in a car to far-off places, drugged and murdered them on the way and took away their valuables. Their bodies were disposed of on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra border. The men are said to have injected pethedine into the victims after telling them it was a ‘truth serum’ used for investigation.