Chennai, March 21 -- The ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK sparred over law and order continued in the assembly on Thursday with Leader of Opposition Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) alleging that four murders happened in Tamil Nadu just on Wednesday. Chief minister MK Stalin responded that murder rates in Tamil Nadu reduced by 6.8% in 2024 from 2023 while revenge murders went down by 42% during the same period.

Stalin also pointed out that the number of murders in the AIADMK regime in 2012 was 1,943. "This is the highest number in the last 12 years. The number of murders in 2013 was 1,927. During the Covid-19 lockdown period in 2020, the number was 1,661," he said, adding that the state reported only 1,540 murders in 2024. Stalin became the ch...