Sivaganga police arrest five under Goondas Act in double murder case
Sivaganga police have detained five individuals under the Goondas Act following a double murder case. The victims were killed in an alleged case of mistaken identity while consuming liquor near a tank bund.
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The use of the Goondas Act highlights the state's aggressive legal approach to curbing violent crime and maintaining public order.
Sivaganga police have detained five persons linked to a double murder case in Sivaganga under the Goondas Act.
Dhevendiran, 25, a resident of Kayaodai Pudukudiiruppu near Kalaiyarkovil in Sivaganga district, ran a bar in Pollachi in Coimbatore district. Having returned to his hometown, he had purchased a new car. On September 16, he and Poopandiyan, 25, from Siruvelangudi, who worked at a private finance company, went to the Kodikkadu Kanmai near Sivaganga in that car.
Later, they sat on the tank bund and consumed liquor. At that time, a gang arrived there and hacked them to death in an alleged case of mistaken identity.
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