The Case Of The Muthu Curry Murder

Wednesday, 12th December 1984

Mr Ayakannu Marithamuthu (aka Muthu) was murdered at the Orchard Road Presbyterian Church and his body cooked in curry before being disposed of. Muthu was an unrepentant wife-beater and was a father of three who worked as a live-in caretaker of holiday chalets in Changi. His wife Naragatha worked at the Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. On the day of the alleged murder, he was repeatedly bludgeoned to death by his wife, Naragatha, and her 3 brothers. To destroy all traces of evidence, his body was chopped up into pieces. The body parts were then cooked into curry and disposed all over the island.

Naragatha and her 3 brothers were later charged in 1987 with murder. However, as there was insufficient evidence against them, they were acquitted. The prosecution was unable to prove that it was indeed the family members who caused Ayakannu's death. The cooking pot in which Ayakannu's body parts were allegedly cooked could not be found, leaving no traces of the cooking or Muthu.

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