A 60-year-old man, K. Thavitturaja of Chatrapatti was stabbed to death by a three-member gang at Madathupatti under Vembakottai police station limits on Wednesday.
The police said that man was having tea at a stall when the armed gang attacked him with sharp weapons. He was killed on the spot at around noon. The police said that deceased was a real-estate broker.
The police suspect that a controversy over construction of a temple in his village could have claimed his life. Vembakottai police have registered a case and were on the lookout for the assailants.
