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A 33-year-old antheral was hacked to decease astatine Keela Eral connected Sunday.
According to police, the deceased was identified arsenic O. Periyanayakam from South Kalankarai country successful Korampallam. He had attended a relation successful Irukkankudi on with his relatives connected Sunday. It is said that astatine the relation Periyanayakam helium had a quarrel with his relatives from Ottapidaram locality, which aboriginal escalated into a scuffle.
Amid the commotion, Periyanayakam and his household near the function, travelling successful a mini goods vehicle. When they reached Keela Eral, his household stopped the conveyance for a beverage break. While others got down and went to a roadside store connected the other side, Periyanayakam remained wrong the conveyance and fell asleep.
At that time, 3 persons allegedly followed the vehicle, assaulted Periyanayakam with sickle, successful which helium died, earlier fleeing the scene.
His relatives alerted the police. Ettayapuram constabulary rushed to the spot, recovered the assemblage and sent it for postmortem astatine Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital.
Preliminary probe suspects the engagement of 1 of his relatives from Governagiri of Ottapidaram locality, on with his accomplice. Police person secured Mariselvam, 21, from Ottapidaram for an inquiry.
A lawsuit has been registered astatine Ettayapuram constabulary presumption and constabulary person launched a hunt cognition to nab the remaining accused.
Further investigations are on.
