Three arrested on attempt to murder charge

Thudiyalur Police arrested three persons involved in a clash for alleged attempt to murder three persons with whom they were fighting in front of a restaurant at Thudiyalur in the late hours of Tuesday.

Police said that the complainant, S. Thennarasu (41) of Kumaran Nagar in Vadamadurai had gone to Thudiyalur police station with his relative Nagaraj and younger brother Murugan to lodge a complaint against his neighbour G. Balasubramaniam (25) for allegedly teasing his 16-year-old daughter over the last few weeks.

The police called Balasubramaniam for inquiry. Around 8 p.m., Balasubramaniam and his two associates S. Sakthivel and S. Karthik picked a quarrel with Thennarasu and assaulted him and his two relatives (who were at an eatery) with logs.

Nagaraj suffered serious head injury and was admitted in Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital.

The police booked Balasubramaniam, Sakthivel and Karthik under sections 294(b) (uttering obscenities), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt with deadly weapons or means) and 307 (attempted murder) of the Indian Penal Code, arrested and remanded them.

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