Police shoots dead two rowdies in Madurai

Chennai: Two history sheeters were shot dead on Thursday by police in the temple city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, officials said.

A police team swooped down at a house in Sikkandar Chavadi on a tip-off about some history sheeters staying there and asked Karthik alias Saguni Karthik and Muthu Irulandi to surrender.

Police said one of them was armed with a pistol, and was about to fire when the policemen shot both of them.

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