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Security beefed up in Tirunelveli

By Our Staff Reporter

Tirunelveli Dec. 23 . Following the conviction of eight Al-Umma activists in the constable Selvaraj murder case in Coimbatore today, security has been beefed up in Tirunelveli city and other vital points of the district.

Police picketing have been put up at many places including Melapalayam, Ervadi, Shencottai, Kadayanallur, Sankarankoil, police sources said.

Sources said besides round-the-clock patrolling of heavily armed policemen, law enforcers would check vehicles and suspicious movements during nights till New Year. Fingerprints of the suspects detained during night patrol would be collected and correlated with existing ones to establish their identity, the sources said.

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