Yanam, February 03: The Puducherry police on Friday arrested four more persons in connection with the recent violence at Yanam town, which led to the killing of a senior executive of Regency Ceramics, and caused huge damage to the company’s plant.
The arrested accused persons been identified as Yandamuri Hanumantha Rao, Yerragunta Suryanarayana, Mohammed Khan and Meda Venkatesh. They were later produced before the Yanam sub-court which remaned them to judicial custody for 14 days.
Earlier, five persons were arrested by the Puducherry police in connection with the violence.
Stating that situation in the town was returning to normal, Deputy Inspector General of Puducherry I D Sukla said the police have formed out special teams to arrest some more persons who were involved in the violence. He said two companies of the State police have been deployed in the town as a precautionary measure.
–Agencies