Ex-cop murdered for lodging police complaint in Kanyakumari

KANYAKUMARI: A history-sheeter murdered a 32-year-old man in Kanyakumari district on Monday after the latter lodged a police complaint against him for assaulting him.
The murdered man has been identified as Sri Saravanan of Kalainagar in Nagercoil. Saravanan, who had joined the police force, was removed from service in May 2019 as he was highly irregular to work.He resided in Nagercoil with his wife Sujatha, 32, and children Sri Vel, 13, and Srisha, 11.
Ranjith Kumar, who is a history-sheeter with many cases against him, teased Sujatha six months ago. This infuriated Sri Saravanan. He warned Kumar and the two had not been in good terms since then.
The two men had an argument on Monday and attacked each other. Saravanan, who suffered injuries, lodged a police complaint against Kumar.
The accused grew furious and attacked Saravanan with a machete when the latter was returning home from police station. Saravanan suffered injuries on his neck, chest and hands and died on the way to Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital.
The Kottar police registered a murder case and arrested Ranjith Kumar on Monday night.