TUTICORIN: A 40-year-old man electrocuted his two minor children to death before killing himself at Saveriyarpuram near Pudukottai in Tuticorin district on Friday. Police said the man was distraught after his wife left him for another man.The deceased were identified as Mary Michael, a truck driver, his daughter Mary Nirosha, 14, a Class IX student,…
Coimbatore: Three people were arrested on Saturday, for recently stealing copper wires worth several lakh rupees from a scrap shop in Kuniyamuthur. Police also recovered 14.750kg of stolen copper wires and 5,000 in cash from them.The arrested have been identified as F Ashif, 25, K Jaffer Ali, 31, both residents of Karumbukadai, and H Mohammed…
Coimbatore: Two siblings and three of their friends were arrested on Thursday, for murdering a 30-year-old man in Pollachi on Wednesday night. Of the arrested, police said four are minors and one is an adult identified as Tej Ashwin, 19, of Pollachi.Pollachi west police have identified the deceased as Poovarasan, of Pollachi. Preliminary investigation revealed…
Dharmapuri: A woman and her younger brother were found murdered with their throats slit, at their house in Thagadur Nagar under E Jetti Alli Panchayat, on Thursday.The deceased have been identified as Nanjammal, 50, and Mathesh, 45, both from Thagadur village. Neighbours found the duo dead and alerted the Dharmapuri town police.Dharmapuri DSP Sivaraman and…
Chennai: Three masked men strangled a 62-year-old woman and snatched her earrings after cutting them off near Tirukazhukundram in the early hours of Monday. Police are yet to trace or arrest any of them so far. The victim, Bhanumathi, a retired govt hospital employee, lived with her son and daughter-in-law at Irumbuliyur Krishna Street near…
Chennai: Puzhal police arrested two men for breaking open a temple hundi and stealing cash from a temple on Puzhal-Ambattur Road. Police said Shanthi, who performs puja at the Bhavani Muthumariamman Temple in MAC Nagar, Puzhal, closed the temple after completing the puja on Thursday. When the temple was reopened on Friday morning, coins were…
NEW DELHI: Former BJP leader K Annamalai expressed concern over what he described as the growing involvement of people from North Indian states in crimes reported across Tamil Nadu, following the sexual assault and death of a three-year-old girl in Tiruvallur district.His remarks came after a 19-year-old migrant worker from Bihar was arrested in connection…
Burglary in Saidapet house Chennai: Police launched a search for the unidentified burglars who broke into a locked house in Saidapet and stole 25 sovereigns of gold jewellery and ₹2 lakh in cash. The theft came to light after the resident returned from church and found that the house had been burgled.The victim, Ranganathan, 52,…
Coimbatore: Almost a week after a youth was found dead in the Coimbatore combined district court complex, Race Course police have altered it to a case of murder and intensified investigation.The man, yet to be identified, and estimated to be around 35 years of age, was found unconscious in a pool of blood inside the…
Police inspected the crime scene and formed special teams to nab the burglars Krishnagiri: Unidentified burglars drilled through the rear wall of a jewellery shop at Varattanapalli village near Krishnagiri and made away with nearly 3kg of silver articles worth Rs 12 lakh, on Friday night.The incident came to light early on Saturday morning when…
