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TN: Intoxicated Brothers Stab Man To Death, One Of Them Was Wearing DMK T-Shirt

March 30, 2023
The Commune

On Wednesday, police arrested two siblings in Vizhuppuram, charged with murdering a shop employee and assaulting three others. The accused were identified as G. Rajasekar (33) and his younger brother, G. Vallarasu (24) of Periyacolony, Vizhuppuram.

The two brothers under the influence of the drugs attacked Sankar (40), the manager of a private marriage venue near Vizhuppuram’s Old Bus Stand, with a knife. They then started yelling slurs in the street. When Manikandan, the owner of an oil shop, condemned their behavior, the duo attacked him. Deepak, one of the staff members who had attempted to safeguard Manikandan, was stabbed by one of the brothers before fleeing.

Following that, the brothers went to a grocery store on MG Road and started arguing with an elderly man outside. When A Ibrahim (45), a shop assistant from North Street, intervened, the siblings stabbed him. Ibrahim was taken to Vizhuppuram Government Hospital with serious abdominal injuries. Later, he was declared dead by doctors. His body was taken to the Government Vizhuppuram Medical College Hospital for an autopsy.

Police from the Vizhuppuram West Police Station arrived at the scene and arrested the duo. The brothers had been creating a commotion on major roads for nearly two hours on Wednesday evening when the incident occurred. Those injured in the incident were taken to the Vizhuppuram government hospital.

The murder was not motivated by personal motives. The boys attempted to attack their father, whom they suspected of having an extramarital affair, and chastised their mother. They attacked anyone who criticised them.

It is worth noting that one of the assailants was sporting a DMK T-shirt with CM MK Stalin’s image on it, which sparked debate on social media. While being photographed by the police in the police station, T-shirt of one of the accused with MK Stalin’s image was removed and given an ordinary shirt, while the other accused was wearing the same shirt (can be see in cover pic).

The opposition parties raised this incident in the Tamil Nadu assembly, criticizing Stalin’s government for the failure of law and order in the state. Replying to the opposition’s question, MK Stalin said in the assembly, “The murder does not have any criminal motive. The brothers attempted to assault their father, whom they suspected of having an extramarital affair, and scolded their mother. During the incident, they assaulted anyone who got in their way. Hence it is a family feud and has nothing to do with state’s law and order.”

Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for attempting to portray the recent incident in which two brothers, one of whom was wearing a DMK T-shirt with MK Stalin’s image, killed a shop employee and assaulted three others as a family feud in the Tamil Nadu assembly.

Reacting to MK Stalin’s remarks about the gruesome murder, Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai said, “DMK goons wearing T-shirts with MK Stalin’s image stabbed Ibrahim Raja in a supermarket in open daylight and assaulted a few others in another shop.”

He added that MK Stalin, on the other hand, tried to portray this incident as a family feud, as he usually does when criminal incidents go unpunished.

He urged MK Stalin to control the DMK party members who are engaging in uncontrolled anarchy and to pay attention to law and order, which is currently in a chaotic situation with no security for the public.

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