CHENNAI: A gang early on Sunday robbed 100 litres of milk at knifepoint in BV Colony, Vyasarpadi, in an episode as bizarre as it was lacking in virtue of any kind: The “milk of human kindness“ that Lady Macbeth viewed as a hindrance to her murderous plans? Fuhgeddaboudit. Members of the gang, a police officer said, used the proceeds, in 200 packets of 500 ml each, to perform an abhishekam in honour of their slain leader C Palani -accused of murder and convicted in other crimes bathing in milk images of him on more than two dozen hoardings and posters that they had put up across Vyasarpadi on his first death anniversary.On October 29, 2016, armed men killed Palani, 29-year-old a repeat offender from BV Colony , Vyasarpadi Jeeva railway station. Police a day after arrested six accomplices of Kathiravan, the leader of another gang, for the crime. “Palani was accused in the murder of Muthu Batcha, of BV Colony , in 2013, and a suspect in the slaying of Saravanan, of Puzhal, in 2014,“ the officer said. “Around 4.30am on Sunday, at least 10 men on motorcycles went on a spree, robbing trays full of milk packets meant for delivery to shops in the locality and using knives to threaten vendors who dared to object,“ he said.The vendors and residents of the neighbourhood, outraged by the gang's antics, informed the local police. The vendors also took up the issue with Tamil Nadu Milk Vendors and Employees Welfare Association state president SA Ponnusamy , who alerted the police control room.“Officers requested that I visit the local police station if I knew the identity of the culprits,“ Ponnusamy told TOI.“I have no idea who they are.“The association had earlier opposed the “milk abhishekam“ that movie fans perform at film releases, describing it as a waste.