Farmer murdered after his police complaint on harassment of minor daughter in Tiruttani; one arrested

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A 45-year-old farmer was murdered by two persons in Tiruttani of Tiruvallur district on Sunday (October 4, 2026).

A senior police official from Tiruvallur district said the victim, Yuvaraj, was a resident of Periyar Nagar in Tiruttani. He had given a complaint to the Tiruttani police against a youth of the same locality for persistently harassing his minor daughter. Enraged by this, the youth, identified as Sanjay Lawrence, along with a friend, who remains unidentified, hacked Yuvaraj to death.

The Tiruttani police have arrested Sanjay Lawrence and are searching for the other accused.

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