Two murdered in different incidents in Trichy

ARIYALUR: Two men were murdered in two unrelated incidents in Ariyalur on Tuesday. Selvaraj, 67, from Kovil Esanai village, was beaten to death by his close relative at his house on Monday night. In another case, Viswanathan, 45, of Kothakudi village near Keezhapazhuvur, was hacked to death by an unidentified gang at Aangiyanur road near Ariyalur on Tuesday.
In the first incident, Selvaraj, the victim, was the father of two daughters and a son Bagyaraj, 30. One of his daughters was married to D'Souza in Vadugapalayam village in the district several years back and they have a 25-year-old daughter.
Bagyaraj married his niece few years back and was working in Chennai while his wife was staying at Kovil Esanai. The Venganur police said that Selvaraj was an alcoholic and allegedly used to sexually harassed his daughter in-law while drunk. She had informed her husband and father D'Souza about the harassment. Both of them already reprimanded Selvaraj but he did not stop his misbehaviour.
On Monday also Selvaraj came home under the influence of alcohol and allegedly harassed her. She informed her father who came to her house and beat Selvaraj to death with a bamboo stick. The Venganur police arrested D'Souza and sent the body to government hospital in Ariyalur. He was produced in court.
In the other case, Viswanathan was intercepted by a gang when he was riding his motorcycle and hacked to death with machetes. He died on the spot. The Keezhapazhuvur police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The motive behind the murder was yet to be ascertained.