Punggol Field murder
2020 murder of a jogger in Singapore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 10 May 2020, 38-year-old assistant manager Tay Rui Hao (郑锐豪 Zhèng Ruìháo) was attacked by another person while he was jogging in the night along Punggol Field. Tay, who sustained multiple stab wounds, was able to call the ambulance, but he died at Sengkang General Hospital after reaching there. The police investigations led to the arrest of 20-year-old Surajsrikan Diwakar Mani Tripathi. Surajsrikan was charged with murder a week after killing Tay, and the motive of his crime was supposedly due to the negative emotions he harboured over his father abandoning his family 21 years before on the same date he killed Tay.[1]
Date | 10 May 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-10) |
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Location | Punggol, Singapore |
Motive | To release resentment and anger over father's abandonment of his family 21 years before date of crime |
Deaths | 1 |
Suspects | Surajsrikan Diwakar Mani Tripathi
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Although Surajsrikan was assessed to have borderline intelligence, a mathematical learning disability, severe social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, the latter two disorders which may have contributed to a tendency to have low moods and anger, Surajsrikan's condition was considered not severe enough to serve as an abnormality of the mind and he was mentally fit to stand trial. Following a guilty plea, Surajsrikan was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane. The case of Tay's killing had also prompted the government to pass laws to facilitate the collection of TraceTogether data for the purpose of police investigations in serious crimes, including murder.[2]