The Madurai City Police have arrested seven persons in connection with two separate murders reported under Chinthamani and Jaihindpuram police station limits.The police said in the murder of Murugan at Chinthamani, four persons, identified as Dhavamani, Chandru, Santhosh and Sridhar, had been arrested.The police said Murugan was returning home at Kannan Colony after attending a hearing in a court in Paramakudi on Wednesday afternoon. Some unidentified persons, who had followed him, chased Murugan and hacked him to death in his house.The police said Murugan’s murder was executed in revenge for a murder reported in Ramanathapuram in 2018.In the other murder case reported under Jaihindpuram police station limits, the police arrested three persons — P. Chandrupandian, 20, M. Karuppasamy, 25, and M. Arumugam, 21.The police said the deceased, ‘Crime’ Mani, had quarrelled with them under the influence of alcohol, recalling a previous incident. The trio attacked him with lethal weapons, killing him on the spot. Published - August 06, 2026 07:24 pm IST