In a drunken brawl between two friends, a 25-year-old person was killed in Perungudi on Monday night.
City Police said M. Arun, a resident of Mahatma Gandhi Nagar in Neelankarai, and was working for a food delivery company. Arun went along with a few friends including Vinayagam went to consume liquor near Arun’s delivery office in Perungudi.
As the friends were consuming liquor, an argument broke out between Vinayagam and Arun which turned into a fight. Vinayagam hit Arun on the face in which Arun fell unconscious. Though his friends tried to revive him, he remained unconscious. Vinayagam escaped from the scene.
The two friends took Arun to a nearby private hospital for treatment but the hospital authorities asked them to take the victim to a government hospital as he was in an inebriated condition.
The hospital authorities also alerted the Thoraipakkam police who on recovering the body of Arun sent it to the Government Royapettah Hospital for post-mortem. Based on the information provided by Arun’s friends, the police team apprehended Vinayagam who has a POCSO case against him.
Published – January 08, 2025 12:46 am IST