In Trichy, a lawyer was hacked to death by a gang of 4 people in a densely populated area sending shivers down the spine of residents.
Gopi Kannan is a lawyer from Bhima Nagar area in Trichy. The 35-year-old is survived by his wife Kodhai and 2 children. He was training his daughter to ride a bicycle at 7 PM on Sunday. At that time, ‘mysterious’ persons who came there in two-wheelers, attacked Gopi Kannan in the middle of the road with deadly weapons killing him on the spot.
Trichy Cantonment Police rushed to the spot and sent the body to Trichy Government Hospital for autopsy.
Police are examining CCTV surveillance camera footage in the area as to who the suspects were. It is suspected that this murder was a fallout of an earlier murder that happened in 3 years ago in Ariyamangalam. A youngster named Hemant Kumar was killed when he was drunk. Gopi was thought to be one of the suspects in this murder. Gopi Kannan had sent few of his men to intimidate Hemant Kumar for interfering in an temple land issue.
Gopi Kannan was named as the first accused in the murder case. The case has been going on in court. Preliminary investigations by the police have revealed that the murder of Gopi Kannan has been done out of revenge for the earlier murder.
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