Gun Culture In Chennai
Shoot-outs were common in Mumbai some years ago whether it was the cops gunning down criminals or underworld gangsters neutralizing a rival. And these happened in the middle of the road, in courts, in residential buildings. Is Chennai, which had no gun culture earlier, catching up now? One wonders after the shooting in a fancy house in Neelankarai last week even as this city was blowing out 370 candles on a birthday cake. And the target was not some dreaded gangster but an old couple who was killed, their daughter-in-law visiting from France who sustained four bullet wounds. Even her children were harmed with knives. Till today, the motive behind this senseless crime remains unclear although speculation is that there was a land dispute.