Coimbatore: The Variety Hall Road police on Thursday arrested a 51-year-old man for setting two motorcycles on fire at Chella Pillai lane.
The arrested person was identified as T Rajendran, a resident of from Chella Pillai lane. “He had a long-standing dispute with his neighbour S Senthilkumar over property. Last November, after Rajendran fought with her over the land dispute, Senthilkumar’s younger sister Malathi lodged a police complaint.Police registered a case against Rajendran under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 1998 and lodged him in the Coimbatore jail. He was jailed again last July for harassing women,” a police officer said.
Rajendran came out on conditional bail last month. On Thursday morning, he set fire to the two motorcycles owned by Senthilkumar.