Two persons were murdered in separate incidents under Madurai City Police limits since Tuesday night.In the first incident, one ‘Crime’ Mani, who was a noted property crime suspect, was found murdered under Jaihindpuram police station limits around Tuesday midnight.The police said the deceased, along with one more person, was intercepted by a night patrol police team, when the two were riding a bike around 11 p.m. Since the duo were drunk, the police did not take them to the police station.The police seized Mani’s motorbike and mobile phone and asked them to report at Jaihindpuram police station the next morning.However, within a few minutes Mani was murdered by some unidentified persons who used a boulder for the crime, the police said.Jaihindpuram police are investigating.In the other incident, a history-sheeter, Murugan, was hacked to death by an armed gang in Chintamani on Wednesday afternoon.When Murugan was standing near his house at Kannan Colony, he noticed some strangers around and tried to take refuge in his house. However, they chased him and attacked him with lethal weapons, killing him on the spot.The police suspect it to be a revenge murder. Chintamani police have registered a case. Published - August 05, 2026 11:42 pm IST