Chennai
The accused were identified as M Sasikumar (33) and R Deepan (32) from Mylapore; M Balu (30), P Prasanth (23), and K Vasudevan (32) from Royapettah; V Janarthanan (36) from Ayanavaram, S Thamizh (23) from Pammal; and E Sakthi (22) from Tiruvallur. Sasikumar is already facing two cases of hurling petrol bombs.
The men had reached Gurumurthy’s house in Varadharajapuram in Mylapore during the wee hours on Sunday carrying some object in a bag. The security guards, who were woken up by dogs barking, questioned one of the men, who ran away.
When a policeman guarding the house noticed them and started approaching them, they sped away.
Based on footage caught on CCTV, the police managed to nab eight persons involved in the incident.
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