Five persons held in Ranipet over murder charges

Five persons were arrested by Thimiri police near Arcot town in Ranipet for for the killing of a van driver due to previous enmity.

Police said the arrested persons were identified as Rahim Khan (33), Kishore (23), Satish Kumar (24), Suriya (21) and Dinesh (23). They are residents of Vellore town.

Initial inquiry revealed that the victim Mohammed Imran (36) and key suspect Rahim Khan are relatives and reside in Vellore town for many years. Imran was working as a van driver for a private school near Arcot town in Ranipet.

Police said that Imran and Rahim had a dispute in parking of their vehicles at a relative’s open land in the area. They also got into an argument and exchanged blows on the issue recently.