The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday said that the death of a 45-year-old woman, Gomathi, at Pakkirimaniyam village in Cuddalore district on April 19, the day of polling, was only due to enmity between two groups.
While five persons were arrested earlier, three more were arrested on Tuesday and a search is under way to nab two more. A case has been registered at the Srimushnam Police Station under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 294 (b) (singing obscene words), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (causing hurt with dangerous weapons), 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 1998.
A government release said that as per the preliminary investigation, there was enmity between the two groups. “Besides, no other reason has emerged during the course of the investigation,” it said.
