Mylapore Siva

Mylapore Siva (12 February 1979 - 4 March 2021), also known as Mylai Sivakumar, was an Indian gangster, murderer, and criminal active in Chennai during the 1990s and 2000s.

Biography Siva was born in Mylapore, Chennai.

Siva rose to prominence during the 1990s, participating in criminal activity such as robbery, extortion, kidnapping and murder.

Death 24 years after the death of Sekar, on the 4 of March 2021, Thottam Sekar's sons hacked Siva to death as revenge for their father's murder.

Around 9:30pm in Ashok Nagar, Chennai, 10 men on motorcycles and an autorickshaw and wielding long knives blocked Siva's vehicle and hacked him to death while he was out visiting a real-estate office to collect 10 lakhs. The prime accused were S. Azhaguraja and S. Balaji, the sons of the deceased rival gangster Thottam Sekar.

Popular culture The 2026 Tamil language film Arasan directed by Vetrimaaran is expected to be based on Siva's life and will reportedly feature his death. The Tamil film Vada Chennai has some references to Mylapore Siva.

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