Chennai, March 9 -- In a brutal incident of gang violence, two people, including a 17-year-old boy, were hacked to death by an eight-member gang in the early hours of Monday at Trisoolam near the Chennai airport.
The deceased were identified as Arumugam (20) from the Mudichur area near Tambaram and his associate Sathish (17).
Police said Arumugam was involved in around 30 criminal cases, including murder.
He had been out on bail for the past six months and was reportedly hiding in his Trisoolam house for the last four months, fearing attacks from rival gang members in his native Mudichur and Manali.
According to police, the two were sleeping inside the house under the influence of drugs when the gang, which arrived on three motorcycles,...