Tiruchirappalli, Nov. 9 -- Three people, including two 17-year-old boys, were allegedly murdered in separate incidents in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district on Diwali day, triggering shock and concern among residents.

In the first incident, two teenagers were hacked to death by unidentified assailants near the Samayapuram toll plaza on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli. In another incident, a 20-year-old employee of a private IT company in Chennai was allegedly stabbed to death with an iron spanner following a dispute over bursting firecrackers near Irungalur.

According to Trichy District Police, Rahul (17), a resident of Inam Samayapuram, had lost his parents and was staying at a relative's house while working as a daily wage laboure...