Burglar gunned down within hours of murdering two of a family
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A 3-member gang had looted the home of a jeweller, killed two members of his family, injured two others and looted 16 kg of gold
Within hours of a ugly double homicide and housebreaking of 16 kg of gold on the home of a jeweller in Sirkazhi within the early hours of Wednesday, police groups tracked down three intruders of North Indian origin at Erukkur and gunned down one of them for allegedly resisting arrest.
The Hindi-speaking masked burglars had hacked to dying Asha (45) and Akhil (28), spouse and son of a jeweller, Dhanaraj and inflicted grievous accidents on him and his daughter-in-law earlier than escaping with the booty in a automotive.
The police had discovered that the gang had additionally taken alongside the exhausting disk of the CCTV digicam. The investigating groups had discovered the automotive deserted at Melamathur on the bypass highway.
Acting on info that the gang was in hiding in Erukkur village, a few kilometres away, police groups rounded them up and confiscated the complete gold haul and two pistols.
While arresting the armed gang, one individual had reportedly tried to assault the police personnel, who, in flip, opened fireplace in self-defence.
The police are within the course of of establishing the id of the burglars.
