Overview
- Two night guards were hacked to death during an attempted hundial robbery at the Nachadai/Devadanam temple near Rajapalayam late Monday.
- Police arrested G. Nagaraj after identifying him from alternate CCTV footage that the assailants failed to disable.
- During a pre-dawn recovery operation near Dhalavaipuram junction, Nagaraj allegedly attacked a sub-inspector and was shot in the leg before being taken into custody.
- Officers recovered a machete and stolen temple items, including a silver lamp and other ornaments, from a site about seven kilometres from the temple.
- A second suspect, named as Muniyandi or Muniyasamy, remains at large as searches continue and authorities tighten night security at temples across the district.