CHENNAI:
Police
arrested three men for beating a 54-year-old man to death at
Tondiarpet
in Chennai on Sunday night.
The deceased has been identified as H Jaffer, a pavement dweller. Investigation revealed that he had separated from his family 25 years ago and had been working in a steel company.
Due to lockdown, he lost job and started working at a Tasmac shop. A few days ago, Magesh of Tondiarpet picked up an argument with Jaffer asking him to buy liquor for him. Jaffer beat him up. Magesh and his two accomplices planned a revenge attack. On Sunday night, the trio murdered Jaffer and fled the spot.
The police control room received information that a man was found dead with bleeding injuries near a tiffin centre on the Thiruvottiyur High Road. The Tondiarpet police recovered the body and sent it for postmortem.
Based on the inputs from the Jaffer’s brother, police secured Magesh and his accomplices S Selvam, 32, and R Saravanan, 41, of Tondiarpet. They were remanded in judicial custody.
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