Tension in locality after auto driver murdered by gang

: Tension prevailed in nearby thatchanallur area after an autorickshaw driver was murdered by an armed gang, when he was returning after dropping school children.
Police said the 29-year-old auto driver died on the spot.
The gang who had come in a car, had made enquries about his whereabouts located him and then hacked him to death.
His relatives and friends blocked road traffic near thatchnallur, demanding arrest of the culprits. They also pelted stones at three government buses and a lorry,and forced closure of the shops in the area.
Armed police personnel rushed to the spot and persuaded them to disperse. But as tension continued to mount in the area, reinforcement were sent, police said.

Police said the man had filed a complaint against some persons in the area and were ascertaining if they had murdered him.