MADURAI: The Madurai city police have arrested two men who were preparing to commit a murder. Sharp weapons were seized from the duo.
An officer in the Sellur station said K Kumar, 21, and his friend S Tamilarasan, 19, of Vilangudi were planning to murder a man on Wednesday over a previous enmity.
A police team, which was on rounds, spotted them under the Kamarajar bridge and made the arrest. Their friends Saran and Sinraj escaped on seeing the police. The police launched a search for them.
In a similar incident, the Madhichiyam police arrested five men -- S Maideenkani, A Alagupandi, P Karthick, S Suriya and M Kannan -- while they were preparing to commit a robbery. They were arrested from their hideout. Chili powder packets, one knife and one machete were seized from them.