Summary:
In brazen attacks carried out in broad daylight, armed gangs — mostly hired goons — have started murdering people, history-sheeters, in particular, on roads in full public glare. 81 murders recordedTill June, 81 murders have been recorded in the city. Raja Chockalingam, a former district judge, said, “Although the crime rate has drastically reduced over the years, the pattern of murders is changing. The daylight attacks are premeditated and usually carried out to settle scores due to previous enmity among anti-socials, police said. On Thursday morning, he was attacked and murdered by a gang near a school where he had dropped his children in the morning..