TRICHY: An eight-member gang hurled a country bomb at a car in an attempt to murder an office-bearer of a caste outfit near Lalgudi in Trichy on Monday night. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.
According to police, A Dhileepan, 34, of the Tamil Nadu Mutharaiyar Munnetra Sangam , was travelling in a SUV on the Trichy to Lalgudi road. When his car was proceeding near Akilandapuram, the gang, belonging to another caste outfit, intercepted his car and hurled the bomb on the vehicle.