A notorious rowdy ‘Steel’ Ravi was hacked to death by some persons while he was participating in an auction for some temporary shops near a temple in connection with a forthcoming temple festival, police said.
They said the auction was held at a marriage hall in connection with the annual Mariamman festival starting from
March 18 for which some temporary shops were to be put up near the temple.
As the auction was in progress this evening, some persons armed with deadly weapons entered the premises, hacked him to death and escaped from the spot, police said.
On hearing of the death of Ravi, a PMK district office bearer, his relatives and partymen gathered near the hall and raised slogans.
Heavy police pickets have been deployed in the town as a precautionary measure.
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