Two persons hack farmer to death in Tiruttani; one arrested
The victim had given a complaint to the Tiruttani police against a youth for harassing his minor daughter; the youth and his friend hacked the man to death in retaliation, police said
A farmer named Yuvaraj, aged 45 and from Periyar Nagar in Tiruttani, was brutally murdered on Sunday, October 4, 2026, according to a senior police official from Tiruvallur district. Yuvaraj had lodged a complaint with the Tiruttani police against a young man from the same locality, Sanjay Lawrence, for repeatedly harassing his minor daughter.
In response to this, the youth, accompanied by an unidentified friend, took his friend's life by hacking him with a sharp object. The Tiruttani police have apprehended Sanjay Lawrence as one of the accused and are actively searching for the other individual involved in the heinous crime.
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