Highway Patrol police near here arrested three persons on the charge of possessing petrol bombs on Saturday.
Investigation conducted by Kottar police revealed that Manikandan (28), Mariyappan (28) and Nambiyudaiyan (28) of Valliyoor in Tirunelveli district were proceeding to Nagercoil on a motorcycle with petrol bombs. Further investigation is on.
Body found
Suchindram police recovered the body of a 70-year-old man from a channel near a saltpan in Ariyaperumalvilai Colony in Puthalam village on Saturday. The body was sent to Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital for post-mortem. A case of unnatural death has been registered, police sources said.