As per reports, a car hit Kanakaraj who was riding a two-wheeler. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
The death of Kanakaraj has deepened the mystery of the murder of the Nilgiris district's Kodanad Estate's security guard.
The police were on the lookout for two persons - Kanakaraj and Syan.
Curiously Syan while travelling in a car with his family in Palakkad in Kerala met with an accident and was in a critical condition.
His wife and five-year-old daughter died in the accident. Their car had rammed against a stationary lorry.
(With agency inputs)