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One of the accused successful the Devadanam temple treble execution case — successful which 2 temple information guards were hacked to decease connected Monday (November 10, 2025) nighttime — was changeable by a constabulary squad erstwhile helium allegedly attacked a Sub-Inspector of Police successful an effort to flight custody, successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday (November 12).
While the accused G. Nagaraj, 25, of Devadanam, sustained a slug wounded to his leg, SI Kottaiyappasamy suffered cuts to his hand. Both person been admitted to a authorities infirmary successful Rajapalayam.
The constabulary arrested Nagaraj connected Tuesday (November 11) night. In the aboriginal hours of Wednesday, a squad of officials from the Seithur constabulary station, led by Inspector Ramesh Kannan, took him to a secluded spot adjacent Dhalavaipuram junction, wherever Nagaraj had confessed to person hidden the limb — which was allegedly utilized to termination the guards — and the stolen temple ornaments.
The constabulary claimed that Nagaraj pulled retired a machete from the bushes and attacked Kottaiappasamy successful an effort to escape. Ramesh Kannan opened occurrence to forestall him from further attacking the SI, the constabulary said. They recovered a metallic lamp and immoderate different ornaments belonging to the Nachadai Thavirtharuliyaswamy temple astatine Devadanam.
According to the police, on with Muniyasamy of the aforesaid locality, Nagaraj had scaled the compound partition of the temple and tried to interruption unfastened the hundial connected Monday night. Two information unit — Petchimuthu, 55, and Sankarapandian, 60 — who were connected work wrong the temple, had resisted their attempt, but the accused hacked them to death.
Though the accused had damaged immoderate of the CCTV cameras and stole the integer video recorder, they did not announcement different CCTV web disposable astatine the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, which had recorded their question during the robbery.
Based connected the video footage, the constabulary arrested Nagaraj. Muniyasamy is absconding, the constabulary said, adding that efforts are nether mode to apprehension him.
