Overview
- The victim was identified as 25-year-old real estate businessman Thamaraichelvan from Bheemanagar.
- Police accounts say a five-member gang chased him from Marsingpet into the new police residential quarters and killed him with sharp weapons before fleeing.
- Palakkarai Police registered a case and sent the body to Trichy Government Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
- Investigators are examining surveillance footage, and multiple teams have been formed to track the attackers as patrols and security checks increase across Tiruchirappalli.
- BJP leader K. Annamalai condemned the incident on X, blaming the DMK government and Chief Minister M. K. Stalin for a breakdown in law and order.