Two persons, who were involved in hurling petrol bomb at a Tasmac outlet in Pudupalayam in Attur that led to the murder of salesman T. Selvam (41), were detained under the Goondas Act here on Monday.
When the anti-liquor protest was taking place across the State after the death of Sasi Perumal, miscreants hurled petrol bomb at the outlet on August 8. Selvam, who was sleeping inside the shop, died of suffocation. Based on a complaint from Selvam’s father, the Vazhapadi police registered a case of murder and also under SC/ST Act and arrested six persons.
Recently, A. Manivannan (31) of Pudupalayam and T. Muthusamy (38) of Mannarpalayam were detained under the Goondas Act. On Monday, Ramachandran (23) and Illayaraja (33) were also detained under the Act.
