16-Year-Old Boy Hacked to Death Near Madurai Temple Parking Area
A 16-year-old boy was murdered by a gang of five in the car parking area of the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday night in Madurai, the police said. According to the police investigation, the murder is believed to have stemmed from an old enmity, specifically, a clash that occurred during the recently concluded Chithirai festival, the Madurai City Police said. The teen has been identified as Gubendran. The incident comes barely days after a 10-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, sexually assaulted and brutally murdered near Sulur in Coimbatore district. In another incident from Coimbatore, a 13-year-old school dropout boy was murdered and buried by two of his school-going minor friends.
