A young man, who had a grudge against the police for arresting him multiple times on the grounds of suspicion, ran into the Tirukkovil police and set fire to many vehicles including a jeep.
The arson took place on March 19. In the early morning on the given date, the jeep and two three-wheelers in the police garage were damaged by arson.
The police thought that the jeep caught fire due to a mechanical fault.
He had set the fire by pouring petrol after crawling insdie through the police wire fence in the the morning.
Four days after this incident, a three-storied textile trade complex in Tirukkovil was also destroyed by a fire. After investigating the matter, the police arrested yesterday (24) a 21-year-old youth resident of Tirukkovil on suspicion of setting the fire.
During the questioning of him, who has worked in the textile shop, it has been revealed that this suspect has also set fire to the police jeep.
