CHENNAI: The blood stains found inside an autorickshaw during a routine vehicle check helped the police to bring a murder of an autorickshaw driver, Mahesh (27), to light, and arrest three perpetrators at Kundrathur on Friday early morning.
The suspects were identified as Harikrishnan, Venkatesan and Mahesh. Thirumudivakkam police said all the three were drunk during their arrest. During questioning, they reportedly confessed to the murder. Police said Harikrishnan had a quarrel with the victim Mahesh while they were drinking together some time ago.
On Thursday night, he invited Mahesh for a drink and attacked him with a sickle. The suspects then hit the victim Mahesh with a stone, killing him. The auto was seized, and further probe is under way.
In another incident, K Praveen Kumar (23), who was hacked at Kelambakkam five days ago by the relatives and friends of a girl with whom he was allegedly in a relationship, died on Friday. He was hacked on Sunday night, while he was talking with his friends near his house at Thaiyur. Following Praveen’s death at the hospital on Friday morning, the case was altered to murder.
In a separate incident, the parents and relatives of a 17-year-old class 12 student who died after collapsing while playing football at his school in T Nagar two months ago staged a road blockade on Friday. They alleged delay from the part of the police in acting against the school management. The protest disrupted traffic, following which Mambalam police detained over 30 protesters and later let them go in the evening.
