8 held for attempting an attack on Gurumurthy’s residence
Chennai police have arrested eight persons in connection with an alleged attempt of attack on the residence of Thuglak Editor S. Gurumurthy.
According to police, a group of motorcycle-borne persons were planning to throw petrol bombs at Gurumurthy’s residence on Sunday morning but sped away after seeing the police security.
Police on Monday said special probe teams were set up and arrested eight persons — Sasikumar, Janardhanan, Balu, Tamizh, Prasanth, Sakthi, Deepan and Vasudevan.