A forty five-year-old functionary of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was brutally hacked to loss of life by a five-member gang in upscale Adyar late on Saturday, police mentioned.
5 members, all aged 20, had been arrested in reference to the incident, police mentioned, including that preliminary investigations indicated that it occurred as a result of earlier enmity.
The brutal homicide of S Kannan, a history-sheeter, was recorded by a surveillance digital camera, and the footage went viral on social media on Sunday.
A detailed buddy of Kannan, who was current on the time of the incident, mentioned, “I and together with my mates had been talking to Kannan round 9.30 – 9.45 pm on Saturday night time.”
“Initially, two individuals sporting helmets got here in a motorbike and attacked Kannan with knives. Later, they had been joined by three extra individuals who additionally got here in two-wheelers and attacked Kannan with machetes. We ran away as they tried to assault us as properly. We couldn’t recognise them..”, he informed reporters.
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In the meantime, a senior police official mentioned 5 individuals had been arrested below a number of sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). “They’ve been arrested and investigation is occurring,” an official mentioned on situation of anonymity.
Elaborating, he mentioned S Kannan was a resident of the Vannandurai space in Adyar and was operating a enterprise of renting vehicles to Info Expertise firms. As he was a history-sheeter, the police had been constantly monitoring his actions each immediately and covertly.
Below these circumstances, the official mentioned, “he was attacked by 5 unidentified people on Saturday who arrived on two-wheelers attacked him with knives and fled. Kannan, who suffered extreme accidents within the assault, died on the spot.”
Based mostly on the grievance filed by S Kannan’s maternal uncle Purushothamman, a case was registered by the police.
A particular group was fashioned below the directions of Chennai Police Commissioner A Amalraj, and 5 individuals had been arrested. Bharani, 20, Rakesh, 20, Naresh, 20, Manikandan, 20, and Hariharan, 20, had been arrested below numerous sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he mentioned.
Responding to a question, he mentioned that in 2009, Kannan and his associates murdered Siva, the maternal uncle of Bharani, one of many 5 accused. “Bharani’s father was Velu was additionally murdered in Saidapet. Because of this prior enmity, the accused Bharani, alongside along with his accomplices, determined to homicide Kannan. An investigation was on,” he added.
In the meantime, numerous political events, together with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), slammed the TVK authorities over the ‘legislation and order’ scenario.
DMK chief Udhayanidhi Stalin feedback
Chief of Opposition within the Meeting Udhayanidhi Stalin ridiculed the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), stating {that a} outstanding determine from his personal get together had been murdered within the capital metropolis proper earlier than Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay is scheduled to answer to the talk on the police division’s demand for grants on Monday.
“A history-sheeter who joined the ruling TVK looking for safety for his life has been chased and killed in broad daylight on the road. Is that this Tamil Nadu’s profitable legislation and order scenario.? “, Udhayanidhi Stalin, the previous deputy chief minister mentioned.
He requested, “ought to one grieve the truth that legislation and order has deteriorated to the extent that such a homicide occurs proper on the streets of the capital metropolis?”
As an alternative of eager about easy methods to blame the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the federal government should take motion to make sure the protection of most people, he demanded.
BJP Response
Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy mentioned, “even when the federal government has modified, the bottom actuality has not.”
The law-and-order collapse that flourished below DMK rule continues unabated below the TVK authorities is a matter of disgrace. That this homicide occurred in Adyar, considered one of Chennai’s most central and busiest areas, is deeply stunning, he mentioned.
“Regardless of the motive, the police should perceive that their foremost responsibility is to stop crimes from occurring and never merely reply after it has occurred.”, he mentioned.
PMK feedback
Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) MP, mentioned the incident has induced a worry among the many public and mentioned such incidents reveal that no efficient measures have been taken to stop murders and robberies in Chennai and its suburban areas.
