Four booked for damaging drinking water pipeline to village near Krishnagiri

KRISHNAGIRI: The Samalpatti police registered a case against four men on charges of damaging a pipeline that supplies water to more than 30 families in Thidirkuppam village near Karadigoundanur in Krishnagiri district.The pipeline from an overhead tank was damaged on Sunday, following which residents stopped getting drinking water. On Monday, officials, led by block development officer S Uma, got the damaged pipeline repaired and restored drinking water supply to the village. The villagers said that more than 50 people from neighbouring Karadigoundanur gathered below the overhead tank on Sunday and damaged the pipeline alleging that no one from Thidirkuppam village had voted for a particular candidate during the April 23 assembly election. Based on a complaint filed by K Ettipatti panchayat secretary P Saravanan, the Samalpatti police registered a case against Ilavarasan, 45, Jayavel, 38, Arasu,42, and Jaishankar 40, under Section 3(1) of the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992.