The Tamil Nadu Police in an encounter with two history-sheeters who were involved in multiple murders and criminal cases, including extortion and kidnapping, shot them dead early on Thursday in Tiruvallur district, officials said. According to the Avadi police, the deceased identified as Muthu Saravanan, 28, and Sunday Sathish, 26, were reportedly hiding in a building near Sholavaram and attacked the police team while trying to escape.
Two police personnel sustained bullet injuries in the incident, officials added. The police noted that Saravanan was the brain behind the murder of AIADMK functionary Parthiban in August when he was on his morning stroll in Padianallur. A special team formed to nab the criminal has been conducting a search operation for the past 40 days, officials said.
“We got a tip-off that Saravanan was hiding in an old building at Marambedu and his plan was to extort money from small-time businessmen and escape to another place. When we reached the place around 5.30 am, he and the other accused armed with country-made weapons, opened fire twice on police and two of them sustained bullet injuries. In self-defence, we opened fire on four occasions and shot dead the accused,” a senior police official told indianexpress.com.
The police had earlier arrested other criminals involved in Parthiban’s murder. According to the police, Saravanan was involved in extorting money from small-time businessmen around the Sholavaram area through his gang members.
“Saravanan has around six murder cases against him and he was absconding in two cases. Sathish also had five murder cases registered against him. They are notorious criminals,” said the officer.
Janardhan KoushikJanardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a … read more
