Murder in Aminjikarai: Two surrender in court

CHENNAI: Two men surrendered before a court in Kallakurichi in connection with the murder of a financier in broad day light at Aminjikarai on Wednesday. The victim, Arumugam, was hacked to death in full public view by a four-member gang that followed him on two bikes.

Police said two of the suspects, identified as Chandrasekhar and Rohit, surrendered in Kallakuruchi court and were sent to jail. “They will be taken into police custody for a detailed enquiry, ” police said.

The video of Arumugam being attacked and the gang members hacking him to death on the road has gone viral on Friday on social media.

The deceased Arumugam of Chetpet ran a finance company in Anna Nagar and he was murdered when he was on his way to the office from home in a two-wheeler with his worker named Ramesh. Four men on two bikes intercepted Arumugam near Pulla Avenue and hacked him with machetes even as vehicles were passing by.