Police in Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, apprehended three individuals in connection with the fatal assault of a Home Guard personnel who was attempting to enforce public order. The victim, identified as Venkatesan, was on night patrol duty under the jurisdiction of the Thalavai police station when he observed a group consuming liquor in an unauthorized open public space. When the Home Guard officer instructed the men to disperse and cease their unruly behavior, an aggressive altercation ensued, during which the suspects brutally assaulted him with wooden clubs and stones.
Venkatesan sustained severe head and internal injuries during the beating and was rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital in Ariyalur, where attending medical personnel declared him dead on arrival. Following immediate investigative raids, police teams arrested three accused men, identified as Ilamparithi, Mathivanan, and Thamaraikannan, booking them under murder sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Senior police officials expressed deep grief over the loss of the dedicated uniformed personnel, assuring his family of comprehensive government welfare support and fast-tracked legal prosecution.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/home-guard-beaten-to-death-in-ariyalur/article71653271.ece