Two minor boys found murdered at Samayapuram near Tiruchi

Two minor boys were murdered at Samayapuram near Tiruchi in the late night hours on Sunday (November 8). The killers are yet to be identified.

Police identified the victims as S. Rahul, 17, and R. Vishal, 17, — both of Inam Samayapuram village in Manachanallur taluk. The victims were relatives and engaged in garland making work at Samayapuram.

The two were murdered on the canal bank road at Samayapuram around 11 p.m. on Sunday by assailants suspected to have been armed with sharp weapons, the police sources said. The minor boys, who were injured on their head and face, were killed on the spot.

The police conducted inquiries at the crime scene. The bodies were shifted to the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi for postmortem. The motive behind the double murder and details of those involved in the killings are under investigation as Samayapuram police registered a murder case.

Meanwhile, the police said the five special teams constituted to probe the case had identified six suspects in the case. The suspected persons were being pursued by the teams. The exact motive behind the crime could be established only after the accused were apprehended. The sources said the victims and the suspected persons were friends.