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DMK MLA opens fire in the middle of the road in broad day light, bullet hits passerby

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Tiruporur DMK MLA Idhayavarman on Saturday evening brandished his illegal gun and shot multiple rounds reportedly at the car of a real estate agent Kumar while travelling along the East Coast Road in which one of the bullet hit a passer-by identified as Srinivasan was injured.

The DMK MLA was reported to have been engaged in a property dispute with Kumar for a long time.  Kumar was returning after filing a police complaint at the Tiruporur police station as the DMK MLA and his father had damaged the path to reach his land when the DMK MLA along with his father and a few men surrounded the car and attacked them. During the fight, it was reported that the DMK MLA Idhayavarman took out his gun fired multiple rounds at the opponent’s car.

The bullets damaged the bonnet and windows of the car. One of the bullets hit at a passer-by named Srinivasan who was later admitted in the hospital.

While a few reports mentioned that it was the DMK MLA who fired the shots, the Times of India had reported that it was the father of DMK MLA Idhayavarman, Lakshmipathi who fired. TOI reported that it Lakshmipathi’s men were attacked with sickles during the fight.

Srinivasan’s condition was reported to be stable.

Since the incident, the hashtag #கள்ளதுப்பாக்கிதிமுக (illegal gun DMK) started trending on Twitter. 

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