30-year-old man hacked to death in full public view at Tiruvanmiyur

A 30-year-old man was hacked to death in Tiruvanmiyur on Thursday. The deceased, P Vignesh, alias Vicky, of Ranganathapuram, was walking near the Jayanthi theatre traffic signal around 9 am when a man approached him with a machete and attacked him. While Vignesh collapsed on the spot, the attacker fled the scene. On information, the 108 ambulance rushed to the spot within minutes, but Vignesh had already succumbed to wounds. The Tiruvanmiyur police retrieved his body and sent it to Government Royapettah Hospital for post-mortem examination. They arrested four men in connection with the murder and the inquiries confirmed a tussle between them. The accused were identified as R Gopi (31), his brother Ajith (25), S Surya (26) and K Vignesh (21). They were remanded in judicial custody. Vignesh was a father of two.