Three try to murder man, 51, son over money lent

Trichy: A 51-year-old man and his son sustained severe injuries after a history-sheeter and two of his aides attempted to murder them in a dispute over money-lending in Sangiliyandapuram area in Trichy late on Wednesday night.
The injured have been identified as M Arumugam and his son A Sakthivel from Valluvar Nagar.
Police aid that the accused C Mathan alias Motta Mathan and two others trespassed into Arumugam’s house and abused them.They also launched an indiscriminate attack on them with a machete with the intention of murdering them. As the victims raised an alarm, the accused fled.
The Palakkarai police shifted the two to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH). Investigation revealed that Arumugam borrowed 8 lakh from Mathan’s wife Akila. Since he was unable to pay the interest, he requested her to accept 15,000 per month as interest and principal but the woman demanded 30,000 per month. However, he paid only 15,000 which she conveyed to Mathan. Enraged over this, Mathan and two others attempted to murder the father-son duo.
Police registered a attempt to murder case against the accused, who were yet to be arrested.