Armed men hack murder case accused in broad daylight on Mettupalayam Road near Coimbatore

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In what appears to beryllium a bid to avenge a murder, a radical of equipped men hacked 1 of the accused successful wide daylight adjacent Periyanaickenpalayam connected the engaged Coimbatore – Mettupalayam Road connected Monday.

P. Kamalakannan, 20, of Vadavalli, who had been arrested for a execution successful July this year, was assaulted by a radical of men astatine Mathampalayam adjacent Periyanaickenpalayam.

The equipped men targeted Kamalakannan erstwhile helium was returning home, aft appearing earlier a tribunal successful Mettupalayam that granted him conditional bail successful the execution lawsuit connected October 10. 

The constabulary said that the radical of men tailed Kamalakannan erstwhile helium was returning location from the tribunal on with his person Vignesh connected a two-wheeler. They waylaid the two-wheeler astatine Mathampalayam and assaulted him with weapons. He suffered aggregate cuts connected hands, forehead and different parts of the body. He was rushed to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Kamalakannan, his relative B. Keerthana, 22, of Mangalakarai adjacent Karamadai and his person K. Nagaraj, 19, of Edayarpalayam had been arrested for murdering S. Sanjay of Ayarpadi adjacent Karamadai connected July 8. While Keerthana was granted bail successful September, the 2 others were released connected bail connected October 10.

Investigators recovered that Kamalakannan and Nagaraj hacked Sanjay, a milkman by occupation, to decease aft being instigated by Keerthana. Sanjay had allegedly circulated defaming remarks astir the woman, which led to the murder.

The constabulary fishy that Kamalakannan was hacked to avenge the sidesplitting of Sanjay. They were connected the lookout for immoderate known suspects and adjacent friends of Sanjay. 

Published - October 13, 2025 10:15 p.m. IST

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