Bloody start to the New Year in Chennai: Nine murders in 9 days

[dukhi aatma]

CHENNAI: The year has started on a tough
note for the Chennai police with nine
murders being committed in the first nine
days of January.
Three murders were reported in the last
48 hours - those of an autorickshaw driver
in Tiruvanmiyur, a man in Madipakkam
and a part-time beautician in Ambattur.
Police have solved five of the nine cases
reported from different parts of the city.
"Of the three cases reported in west
Chennai, we have solved two. We have
formed special teams to crack the rest,"
said west zone joint commissioner of
police K Shankar.
The reasons for the murders ranged from
robbery to spousal abuse. On January 2,
bank employee V Aruna Seethalakshmi was
murdered in the bedroom of her house in
Nungambakkam. This was followed by a
man murdering his wife and daughter in
Ambattur on January 5. The next day,
another man killed his wife in Korukkupet,
and a gang stabbed a man. On Saturday,
caterer Mani Bharathi was stabbed during
a drunken brawl in Kilpauk.
The police are planning to set up a special
department to handle homicide cases. In
2011, Chennai city reported the highest
number of murders (139), followed by
Villuppuram (74) and Tirunelveli (72),
according to the State Crime Records
Bureau. A total of 1,506 cases were
reported up to October 2011 as against
1,460 in 2010, an increase of 3%. Of them,
1,408 cases were solved.


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[Madras Mami]

Govt. should stop releasing prisoners prematurely on various occasions like Anna's birthday, world classical Tamil conference etc. the law and order situation in the state worsens because of this

[Rising Sun]

do they really release criminals on such occasions ?

[Madras Mami]

Yes

[Rising Sun]

Thats ridiculous.... how can they do such things, I am sure the criminals who would be released would be relatives of politicians...!!!

[Madras Mami]

Quite possible !

[meetdilip]

That is quite obvious. They use such occasions to bail out their chamchas. But they have enough people out. Finding such men are not difficult.