Gang beats up college student, uncle

A 12-member gang attempted to murder a college student and his uncle in Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, on Monday night. The injured people were identified as M Saravanakumar 23, a BSc computer technology student of a private arts and science college in Saravanampatti, and N Balasubramani 46, of Janata Nagar. The gang barged into Saravanakumar's residence around 1125pm on Monday and inquired about the whereabouts of two people, Gowtham, 24, and Siva, 25, whom Saravanakumar said he did not know about. When the gang attacked him with weapons, Saravanakumar suffered injuries on his head, forehead, and fingers. His uncle, Balasubramani, intervened and the gang also attacked him. Police registered a case against the gang under sections 148, 307, 427, and 448 of the Indian Penal Code and formed two special teams to nab them.