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20 held for violence in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district

The Deputy SP said a long-standing rivalry between the two local panchayat leaders led to the recent murder and subsequent violence.

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Police said seven people were held responsible for the murder and five of them have been arrested till now. (Express photo)

Violence broke out at a coastal hamlet in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday after a person was hacked to death allegedly by a rival political camp when he was returning home.

Twenty people have been booked for setting on fire boats, cars and ransacking houses in Thazhanguda, said Cuddalore Deputy Superintendent of Police, Shanthi.

“Even before the lockdown, the two groups had a brawl, and more than 20 people were arrested in connection with the incident. We held peace talks, but they were reluctant for a compromise,” the Deputy SP said. (Express photo)

Thirty-six year old Madhivanan, brother of a former Panchayat union leader, was killed when he was returning home. His body has been sent for post-mortem to the Villupuram Government Hospital.

Police said seven people were held responsible for the murder and five of them have been arrested till now. Close to 50 police officers from Villupuram have been deployed near the hospital to avoid any untoward incident.

The Deputy SP said a long-standing rivalry between the two local panchayat leaders led to the recent murder and subsequent violence.

Close to 50 police officers from Villupuram have been deployed near the hospital to avoid any untoward incident. (Express photo)

Janardhan Koushik

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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