Rajeswari Manoharan, a former AIADMK district councillor, hails from Munugapattu village next to Peranamallur in Thiruvannamalai district. She is currently living with her family in Arani. She owns land in the Munugapattu village. Rajeswari’s family visits the village during the harvest season of paddy, and also during the period of fertilizing and spraying pesticides. When the work is done they return to Arani.
Mysterious persons who broke into her house at 4 am on Monday breaking the fencing wire above the entrance. They went on to loot the items in the house, piled up the rest of the clothes and belongings, and went ahead to torch it before fleeing the scene.
The perpetrator had also set fire to Manoharan’s motorcycle and the wire cot which were present near the pump set in the backyard of the house. Neighbours who saw the fire informed the Peranamallur police, the fire station as well as Manoharan.
Firefighters rushed to the scene and extinguished the blazing fire. Inspector Komalavalli, Sub-Inspector Ravichandran and constables from the local police force rushed to the spot and conducted an investigation. The police are now conducting an investigation as to whether the arson incident was due to political reasons as ADMK won the Arani Assembly seat against DMK by 3,128 votes.
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