Overview
- In Tiruchirappalli, Thamaraiselvan, 25, was hacked to death inside Bheema Nagar police housing after a five-member gang chased him into a Special Sub-Inspector’s home.
- Police detained a suspect at the scene and reported additional arrests, with inquiries indicating a possible real-estate rivalry behind the attack.
- In Virudhunagar’s Devadanam, temple watchmen R. Petchi Muthu, 50, and S. Sankara Pandian, 65, were found slain and the hundi was found broken open with cash missing.
- Investigators arrested prime suspect G. Nagaraj using CCTV and forensic leads, then shot him in the leg during a recovery operation after he allegedly attacked a sub-inspector; officers recovered a machete and stolen silver ornaments.
- A suspected accomplice remains at large as special teams continue searches and opposition parties escalate criticism of the state government’s handling of law and order.