Tirupur financier hacked to death by gang while on morning walk
The passerby spotted Ramesh battling for life and rushed him to Avinashi Government Hospital and then to a private hospital in Coimbatore. However, he died on the way.
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COIMBATORE: A 45-year-old man, who was on a morning walk, was hacked to death by an armed gang in Avinashi in Tirupur on Sunday.
Police said S Ramesh from Thamarai Garden in Kasigoundenpudur was walking near Mangalam Road when the assailants arrived in a car and hacked him to death around 6.30 am.
He was doing finance for two-wheeler and four-wheeler purchases and was also into the real estate business. As he collapsed on the spot, the assailants fled away.
A passerby spotted Ramesh battling for life and rushed him to Avinashi GH and then to a private hospital in Coimbatore. However, he died on the way.
Avinashi police, meanwhile, rushed to the spot and gathered evidence. An inquiry is under way to know the motive behind the murder and five special teams have been formed to investigate. The victim is survived by his wife and two daughters.
This incident comes close on the heels of three members of a family being brutally murdered in Palladam in Tirupur on Friday by an unidentified gang.
