Dec 21, 2024 07:46 AM IST
A homicide accused was killed by a gang of 4 males on Friday exterior the court docket advanced in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, police stated, including that it was seemingly a revenge killing. A lawyer and a sub-inspector caught one of many accused earlier than the remaining escaped.
Police stated that the deceased, recognized as 38-year-old S Mayandi, was coming into the court docket advanced for a case listening to when he was attacked with sickles. He succumbed to his accidents and died on the spot.
Three groups had been fashioned to nab the accused and all 4 have been arrested now, stated a senior police official not wishing to be quoted. “Mayandi was the prime accused in a homicide case from final 12 months. Preliminary enquiries present that the accused had been near the individual murdered final 12 months,” police stated.
A lawyer T Karthik working towards within the court docket criticised the dearth of safety. “The crime passed off at round 10am in entrance of the primary gate of the mixed court docket buildings,” the lawyer stated.
“The police couldn’t stop the homicide. We attorneys ran after them and caught one of many accused. The remainder of them escaped in a tempo van. Aside from a sub-inspector, the remainder of the police on the spot didn’t act although that they had weapons. The SI is the hero right here,” he stated.
In response to the allegations, the police stated that there was sufficient safety in court docket. “We’ve got offered a very good energy of police at court docket. We are going to audit the safety within the court docket advanced once more,” commissioner of police of Tirunelveli Ruper Kumar Meena stated.
“It’s an SI who caught one of many accused. We monitor vital circumstances developing in court docket. However the deceased didn’t come for the homicide case however another case which has been an unimportant case,” he added.
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