MADURAI
Three youth suffered cut injuries after they were attacked by an armed gang at S. Puliyankulam on Thursday. Police said that S. Balamurugan, 23, and his friends were watching a movie on a mobile phone.
One A. Athivalavan, 35, who came to the spot on a motorbike, mistook that the group of friends who were laughing while watching the movie were targeting him.
A quarrel erupted between them, and Athivalavan and his friends assaulted Balamurugan and his friends with a knife and a sword.
Balamurugan, C. Vasanth, 23, and G. Rajkumar, 27, sustained injuries and were admitted to the Government Rajaji Hospital here.
Athivalavan has been arrested by Silaiman police.
