The kin of those killed in a cylinder blast received the bodies at the Government District Headquarters Hospital here on Tuesday.
V. Periyannan (70), P. Karuppannan (50), and V. Kuppusamy (50) were killed on Sunday night after an LPG cylinder went off in a hotel in Valliyappampatty village. Relatives of Kuppusamy received the body. But relatives of the other two refused to do so. They wanted to know the reason for the blast, and staged a protest on the hospital premises. The police have arrested the hotel owner, Chakrapani.