Two held for making country-made bombs in TN

DHARMAPURI: Two men were arrested and remanded on Monday for allegedly making explosives (naattu vedi) to hunt wild animals that have been destroying their crops near Poomandahalli which led to the death of a six-year-old girl on Sunday.

The accused were identified as Dharman (52) and his son-in-law Krishnan (38).

On Sunday a six-year-old girl A Kavinila who had come to her maternal grandmother’s home in Poomadahalli village to celebrate Pongal stumbled upon illegal explosives stored on the terrace of neighbour’s residence.