Chandru murdered over previous enmity: Cops

TRICHY: A three-member gang murdered a notorious anti-social at Srirangam here on Tuesday by chopping off his head in front of his 2-year-old daughter . The killers surrendered before police later with the man’s head.The deceased has been identified as Chandra Mohan alias Thalaivetti Chandru, 38, of Drainage Street in Srirangam. He was involved in several criminal cases. The accused were identified as M Saravanan, 35, his brother M Suresh, 30, and their relative A Selvam, 24, of railway block in Srirangam.The gang that came in a car intercepted Chandru who was riding on a two-wheeler with his daughter on a bridge near Devi theatre. They got down from the car and attacked Chandru with sharp weapons, including a machete and sword, but spared his daughter.As Chandru collapsed on the spot, the assailants chopped off his head, went to the Srirangam police station with it and surrendered.Police took them into custody and sent Chandru’s body to the government hospital in Srirangam for postmortem. Police also admitted his daughter to the hospital as she was visibly shaken after the incident. Police said previous enmity was the reason behind the murder. Chandru was involved in several petty crimes in the area and Saravanan and his brothers were at loggerheads with him over minor issues for a long time. “Their previous enmity with each other over petty issues was the motive behind the murder,” police commissioner V Varadharaju told TOI. Chandru was earlier remanded at the Trichy central prison over a criminal case and released on bail on April 24.