The case had further turned sensational after the alleged suicide of the DSP probing it.
Gokulraj had gone missing from a temple on June 23 and his body was discovered on the railway track near Pallipalayam in this district the next day.
On October 5, a court here had issued a arrest warrant against Yuvraj.
Yuvraj had reportedly given an interview to a Tamil news channel the previous day, daring police to nab him.
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The death of the 21-year old youth under suspicious circumstances had triggered protests by his family and Dalit groups, who had alleged it was a case of honour killing since he was in 'love' with a caste Hindu girl. They had staged demonstrations and demanded a CBI probe.
On September 18, DSP Vishnu Priya who was investigating the case allegedly committed suicide in her residence-cum office complex due to 'harassment' by her superiors, triggering demands by various political parties for a CBI probe into it.
The opposition demand for a CBI probe into her death was rejected by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who had asserted that the CB-CID would handle the probe 'impartially'.
A former IAS officer P Sivakami had moved the Madras High court, seeking a direction to stay the CB-CID probe into the alleged suicide by DSP Vishupriya and connected murder case of Gokulraj and transfer them to CBI.
A Madurai-based advocate had also moved Madras HC, seeking transfer of the suicide case to CBI.The Madras HC had on September 23 dismissed as withdrawn a PIL filed by former DMK Minister Subbulaksmi Jagadeesan seeking a direction for a CBI probe into incident.