CHENNAI: Two men were hacked to death, and another was critically injured, by bikers they rebuked for riding rashly at Tiruvallur on Friday night. Police have arrested four men including office-bearers of TVK and BSP.Police said the victims, residents of Ondikuppam in Tiruvallur, returning from a Pongal trip to Kona Falls in Andhra Pradesh, were standing near a bakery in Tiruvallur when two men on motorcycles, Jyotish, 34, and Vinothkumar, 36, rode past at high speed in a rash manner. When these men questioned them, a heated argument broke out. That night, Jyotish and Vinothkumar gathered their associates, including Neelakandan, 30, a BSP functionary, and Jawahar, 23, a TVK office-bearer, and went in search of Parthiban, 32, and his friends, Sugumar, 31, and Kesavamoorthy, 23, police said.At 10pm, they found the three men stepping out of the hotel at Tiruvallur.The gang surrounded them, pelted stones, and attacked them with sharp weapons. Parthiban collapsed on the spot and died.All accused held, no one else involved: CopsSugumar and Kesavamoorthy were rushed to Tiruvallur govt General Hospital. Sugumar, who suffered severe injuries, died following a cardiac arrest. Kesavamoorthy remains in critical condition.Police registered cases for murder and attempted murder and nabbed Neelakandan, Jyotish, Vinothkumar, and Jawahar. Neelakandan fractured his right leg and Jawahar fractured his right hand while trying to escape, police said. After treatment, they were produced before a magistrate on Saturday and remanded in judicial custody. SP Vivekananda Shukla said police have arrested all accused and no other persons were involved in the violence.
