CHENNAI: A day after the Kelambakkam police recovered the body of a 24-year-old Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS ) employee , the case was transferred to the Crime Branch CID on Sunday.

The decomposed body of Uma Maheshwari , which had stab injuries on the stomach, was recovered at the SIPCOT IT Park in Siruseri , near Chennai, on Saturday, nine days after she went missing.

DGP P Ramanujam visited the crime scene on Sunday and ordered a speedy investigation. Senior officials from the CB CID visited the spot on Sunday evening.

Meanwhile, an inspector attached to the Kelambakkam police station was suspended on Sunday for his alleged failure to take action on a complaint filed by Uma’s father after she went missing on February 13.