TIRUCHY: Police on Monday arrested two history sheeters rowdies on charges of hurling a country bomb at a house.
It is said that on Sunday evening, Thangamani alias ‘Danger’ Mani, a criminal from Ponmalaipatti against whom several cases are pending across the district went to the house of Sakthivel, a finance firm owner and picked up a quarrel with him and demanded to verify it through the CCTV footage from Sakthivel.
As Sakthivel was sleeping, his wife asked Danger Mani to come after a while and this infuriated Sakthivel called his aide Raja alias Koppu Raja, another history sheeter and hurled a country bomb at the house of Sakthivel and escaped from the spot.
Soon, a complaint was lodged against Danger Mani and Koppu Raja with Ponmalaipatti police who registered a case and searched the house of rowdy Danger Mani and seized a country bomb and other explosive materials.
On Monday, the police who were searching for the duo arrested both Mani and Raja. Further investigations are on.