The police on Sunday arrested a man hailing from Tirunelveli on charges of harbouring three accused who were involved in the murders of four persons of a family at Palladam in Tiruppur district recently.
A. Selvam (30), a resident of Vanniyar Street at Ariyanayagipuram in Tirunelveli, was arrested on Sunday morning. The police claimed that Selvam met with an accident while attempting to escape on a two-wheeler and his right leg was fractured. He was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. His brother A. Venkatesh (27) alias Kutti alias Rajkumar and father P. Ayyappan (52) have already been arrested by the police.
It was on September 3, P. Mohanraj (49) of Kallakinar near Palladam, his mother P. Pushpavathi (67), relatives S. Rathinammal (58) and S. Senthilkumar (47) were hacked to death by three men at the former’s residence.
