Tiruchirappalli: Three people were killed in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district on Diwali day in two separate incidents, according to Trichy District Police. Two 17-year-old boys were allegedly hacked to death by unidentified assailants near the Samayapuram toll plaza on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli late on Sunday night, and in a second incident a 20-year-old employee of a private IT company in Chennai was allegedly stabbed to death following a dispute over bursting firecrackers near Irungalur.

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Police said the two teenagers, both daily-wage workers from Inam Samayapuram, were walking along the banks of the Pullambadi canal near the Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan University campus, close to the Samayapuram toll plaza, at around 11.30 pm when a group of unidentified persons allegedly attacked them with sharp weapons. One of the boys died at the scene and the other died before he could be taken to hospital. The bodies were sent to Tiruchirappalli Government Hospital for post-mortem examination. District Superintendent of Police Dongare Praveen Umesh visited the spot, forensic experts collected evidence and police are examining CCTV footage from the surrounding areas.

On the SP's instructions, three special police teams have been formed to trace the accused in the double murder. Police said they are investigating whether the killings were linked to previous enmity or revenge, and are working to establish the motive and the number of people involved.

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In the Irungalur incident, Christopher (20), a native of Purathakudi near Irungalur in Mannachanallur taluk who worked with a private IT company in Chennai and had returned home for the Diwali holidays, was bursting firecrackers with his friends Ranjith (26) and Lenin (21) on Middle Street in Purathakudi on Diwali evening when three men from the same locality — identified by police as Donald, Edison and Charles — allegedly questioned them over bursting firecrackers in their direction. Police said the argument escalated and Donald allegedly attacked Christopher on the left side of his chest and Ranjith on his face with an iron spanner. Both were rushed to Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College Hospital in Samayapuram, where doctors declared Christopher dead. Ranjith is undergoing treatment.

Samayapuram police recovered Christopher's body and sent it to Tiruchirappalli Government Hospital for post-mortem examination. A case has been registered and police said the three accused are absconding and being searched for. The Lalgudi Deputy Superintendent of Police visited the spot and ordered the deployment of more than 20 police personnel to prevent any further incident. Police investigations in both cases are underway.