In Tirupur, a huge controversy erupted over a ceremonious death procession held for a criminal offender despite the lockdown, as hundreds of his friends and kin conducted a procession, throwing social distancing norms to the air. This was the death procession of Samsudeen, who was killed in a clash over the distribution of loot money.
Samsudeen, a native of Tirupur MGR Colony, has been charged with various offences including attempted murder and burglary. He was killed in a clash between his accomplices on the day of the crime. Despite numerous lawsuits against Samsudeen, his friends gathered in large numbers and carried his body in a procession from the Tirupur Government Hospital. There were no police found to be present to control them.
When Samsudeen’s body was handed over after the autopsy, the crowd followed the ambulance in a long two-wheeler procession. The procession went as far as Tirupur’s MGR Colony, with no police in sight, despite the increasing number of COVID cases in Tirupur.
His supporters have videotaped the scenes and shared them on social media with background music praising the dead Samsudeen as if he was a fallen hero. Meanwhile, police say Samsudeen’s accomplices Karthikeyan and others have been arrested in connection with the murder.
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