6 men detained under Goondas Act

Coimbatore: City police commissioner Sumit Sharan has detained six people, who were arrested for murdering a Hindu Munnani supporter in full public view at Gokhale Street on September 20, under the Goondas Act.

Police identified them as R Vivek Prabhu, 28, M Aravind, 26, S Karthik, 34, S Arun Prasath, 23, Arumugam, 56 and Arunkumar, 30. According to the Kattoor police, a gang had hacked C Biju,40, a resident of Dhanalakshmi Nagar near Avarampalayam, using sickles. The gang members escaped on three motorcycles. Biju, who was rushed to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), died without responding to treatment.

The Kattoor (law & order) police arrested eight people in connection with the case, prepared a detailed report against six of them and requested the commissioner to detain them under the Goondas Act.

Sharan detained Vivek Prabhu, Aravind, Karthik and Arun Prasath on Wednesday, and Arumugam and Arunkumar on Thursday. The order copies were served to them at the Coimbatore Central Prison.