CHENNAI: A 32-year-old history-sheeter was arrested on Tuesday for stabbing a man and his friends and damaging four vehicles following an argument at Padi Pudhu Nagar on Diwali night – November 8. J.J. Nagar police seized a knife from him.The injured man, Suresh, 46, a real estate businessman from Collector Nagar in Anna Nagar West Extension, was meeting his friends Praveenkumar, Madhavan and Damodaran at their usual gathering spot on First Main Road when Manikandan came there and insisted they leave the place.An argument broke out after Suresh and his friends. Manikandan, alias ‘Thiruttu’ Manikandan, attacked them with a knife. Suresh sustained bleeding injuries and was admitted to a private hospital.Manikandan then picked up a wooden club and smashed the windows of two two-wheelers and two Tata Ace vehicles parked nearby. He also threatened the group before fleeing.Based on a complaint, J.J. Nagar police registered a case, including charges of attempted murder, and arrested Manikandan, 32, of Padi Pudhu Nagar.Police said he was a history-sheeter with 18 criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, theft and robbery. He was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.
