Two minor boys murdered at Samayapuram near Tiruchi

TIRUCHI Two minor boys were murdered by unidentified persons at Samayapuram near Tiruchi in the late night hours on Sunday (November 8, 2026). 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 at around 11 p.m. on Sunday (November 8, 2026) by unidentified persons armed with sharp weapons, police sources said. The minor boys who sustained grievous injuries on their head and face were killed on the spot.

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