Tension over murder

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, MARCH 9. Traders downed shutters and tension prevailed in Ayanavaram following the murder of a businessman by a group at Ponnusamy Street in Ayanavaram this afternoon.

Police identified the victim as Kadirvel (50), owner of Bhavani Agencies, dealing with bricks, sand and blue metal.

According to police, the victim was in his shop when the assailants attacked him with knives and sped away. The identity of the culprits was not immediately known. Police said even the motive for the crime was not clear.

In another incident, an alleged gangster Prabha was hacked to death by rival gang members at Teachers Colony in Kodungaiyur.

The victim was going to his mother's house when he was attacked by the gang.

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