Man rapes teenage girl

Police are on the lookout for a man who raped a fifteen-year-old girl, after giving her a drugged soft drink. Pandi, 24, a construction worker had invited the school girl to his house and given her the spiked drink following which she became unconscious. The girl woke up to find injuries on her body and informed her parents who lodged a complaint with the Virudhunagar all women police station.
Man drowns in quarry: A man who went to bathe in pond in an abandoned quarry drowned on Tuesday. Police said, Veerapandi, 19, son of Balakrishnan of Vandiyur, had gone to bathe in the stagnated water in the Kalvettankuzhi in Karupayoorani.
Kerosene, PDS rice seized: Special squad revenue department officials seized 1,300 kg of PDS rice and 245 litres of kerosene hoarded for smuggling to Kerala. The kerosene was found in an abandoned house at Udayarvilai near Colachel. During vehicle inspections, officials seized 500 kg and 800 kg of PDS rice from cars.