Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:06am on 21 Feb 2024,Wednesday India Global
The police in the UK have arrested eight men following the murder of Vignesh Pattabhiraman (36), an Indian restaurant manager in Reading, on February 14. Pattabhiraman was cycling home from work when he was hit and killed by a vehicle which then fled the scene. A murder investigation was launched and police arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of committing the murder. Seven other men aged 20, 21, 24, 27, 31, 41 and 48, all from Reading, were also arrested for assisting the offender. A police spokesperson said to TOI: “It is believed that the cyclist was also assaulted by an occupant of the vehicle, which then left the scene." All eight men remain in police custody.
