The body of M. Kittappa, who was killed in the police encounter, is still lying in the mortuary after post-mortem as the relatives refuse to accept it. Meanwhile, one more government bus came under attack on Sunday night.
As Kittappa, who was facing more than 25 criminal cases, was killed in police encounter at Suththamalli on Saturday evening, his supporters attacked three Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation buses on Sunday and the police arrested 26 people in this connection.
When a TNSTC bus was going from Tirunelveli to Tenkasi via Mukkoodal and Kadayam, it came under attack even as it was crossing Sengulam near Pappakudi on Sunday night. Bus driver N. Kasi Viswanathan (32) of Melagaram near Tenkasi suffered bleeding injuries as glass pieces pierced his forehead and face.
Pappakudi police have registered a case.
Rs. 20 lakh demanded
Meanwhile, the relatives of Kittappa refused to accept the body, demanding Rs. 20 lakh as compensation to his family and a ‘government job’ to his wife. Even after Deputy Inspector General of Police (Tirunelveli Range) S. Murugan held talks with a few relatives of the rowdy, they refused to accept the body.
