ERODE: A woman suffered severe burn injuries after three youths allegedly hurled petrol bombs at a house in Veppampalayam in Erode district in the early hours of Wednesday.
Perundurai police arrested E Naveen alias Jake, 21, of Pazhaiya Palayam, S Jeevanandham, 21, of Uzhavan Nagar and a 17-year-old boy in connection with the attack.
They returned in the early hours of Wednesday and threw two petrol-filled bottles at the house,” said a police officer. The injured woman has been identified as Jyothi, who works as a cleaner at a private college. Her son, Gopinath, is a mechanic, while her husband, Natarajan, is a security guard. “After the confrontation, they left the scene.
Police said the three youths confronted Jyothi on Tuesday night, alleging that Gopinath had failed to repay money he had borrowed from them.
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