A 40-year-old man was murdered by a car-borne armed gang on the Vedaranyam-Nagapattinam Road at Thethakudi Vadakku in Nagapattinam district on Thursday. The victim was identified as S. Sivarajan of Therkku Kaadu.
The police said Sivarajan was riding a two-wheeler in the morning when the the car in which the assailants were travelling hit the two-wheeler. After Sivarajan fell from the vehicle, the gang hacked him to death. The Vedaranyam police are investigating the case. One person has been detained in connection with the murder.
The police suspect the murder to be a case of revenge as Sivarajan was named as one of the accused in a murder case in Vedaranyam police station limits in 2021.
