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A 55-year-old man, who allegedly murdered 2 aged women successful Salem earlier this week, was changeable astatine and arrested by the constabulary connected Friday (November 7, 2025). The accused C. Ayyanar sustained slug injuries to his limb portion allegedly trying to flight aft attacking the police.
The constabulary said the accused faced respective cases of execution and was adjacent convicted successful a mates of them.
According to the police, A. Periyammal, 75, a nonmigratory of Thadanur Kattuvalavu adjacent Edaganasalai, and M. Pavayee, 70, a nonmigratory of E. Kattur, had taken their cattle retired for grazing connected Monday (November 3). The women did not instrumentality home. On Tuesday (November 4), their bodies were recovered successful stagnant h2o successful a chromatic quarry successful the village. Investigations revealed that the women were murdered for their two-sovereign golden earrings.
The Magudanchavadi constabulary registered a case. They identified the accused arsenic Ayyanar, a nonmigratory of Kamalapuram, and were connected the lookout for him.
In the aboriginal hours of Friday, acting connected a tip-off, the Magudanchavadi constabulary led by Inspector Senthil Kumar went to Orukkamalai adjacent Sankari, wherever the accused was hiding. The constabulary said erstwhile they surrounded the accused, helium tried to flight by attacking Sub-Inspector Kannan utilizing a weapon and tried to stab Inspector Senthil Kumar and Constable Karthikeyan.
To forestall his escape, Inspector Senthil Kumar changeable him successful his close leg. The accused sustained injuries and was admitted to Salem Government Hospital. The sub-inspector sustained injuries to his hand.
The constabulary said, successful the past, the accused faced respective execution cases. These included 3 execution cases successful 2000 and 2 execution cases successful 2004. He was acquitted for privation of conclusive grounds successful 3 of the cases.
In the 2004 execution cases, helium was sentenced to beingness imprisonment. He secured remission and was released from situation successful September 2018, the constabulary added.
