Family attacked with knives at MKB Nagar in Chennai; three arrested

The Chennai constabulary person arrested 3 persons connected charges of trespassing into a location successful MKB Nagar and attempting to execution a mates and their 2 sons.

According to the police, Surya, 20, a nonmigratory of S.A. Colony successful Vyasarpadi who works astatine a photograph shop, was astatine location connected Thursday (December 25, 2025) evening erstwhile six persons, equipped with knives, barged successful and threatened to termination his elder member Manikandan. As Surya’s parents intervened, Surya locked the country wherever Manikandan was sleeping from the outside.

The six persons past attacked Surya with knives. When his mother, Shanthi, tried to halt them, she was besides stabbed, portion his father, Palani, was beaten up. As radical gathered outside, the assailants fled, issuing decease threats.

Surya and his parent Shanthi, who sustained bleeding injuries successful the attack, were admitted to Government Stanley Hospital. Based connected Surya’s complaint, a lawsuit was registered astatine the MKB Nagar constabulary presumption nether sections including effort to execution and provisions of the Arms Act, and an probe was taken up.

During the investigation, the constabulary arrested 3 suspects identified arsenic Nandakumar, 21, and Samuel, 21, some of Kodungaiyur, and Ashok, 20, of Gandhi Nagar, Vyasarpadi. Three knives utilized successful the transgression and a two-wheeler were seized from them.

Police probe revealed that Manikandan had allegedly assaulted Karan, a person of 1 of the accused, Nandakumar, a fewer days ago. In retaliation, Nandakumar and his friends allegedly went to Manikandan’s location and attempted to execution him, the constabulary said. It was besides recovered that Nandakumar and Ashok were progressive successful 1 erstwhile transgression lawsuit each.

After interrogation, each 3 arrested accused were remanded to judicial custody arsenic per tribunal orders. The constabulary are continuing efforts to hint and apprehension the absconding accused progressive successful the case.