 On 19 September, hundreds of houses, belonging to both Thevars and Devendrakula Velalar, were torched in the villages of Piramanur, Vadi, Tiruppuvanam, Nallur and Tiruppachatti.On the following day police opened fire on a Thevar mob, but with no casualties.On 20 September, police gunfire killed five thevars, four in Uluthumadi and one in Malavavanenthall.