Man killed for getting liquor for a teenager

Madurai: A 24-year-old history-sheeter was hacked to death by a man as he bought liquor for his teenage son.
The deceased has been identified as A Thavamani, from S Puliankulam in Silaiman. He had consumed liquor with a 17-year-old boy from the same locality around 10 days ago. The minor boy’s father S Boominathan, 38, who came to know about the incident picked up a quarrel with Thavamani.
In response, Thavamani involved in a ruckus and damaged Boominathan’s and his neighbours house under the influence of alcohol on Sunday. Boominathan’s nephew Vijay, 23, who tried to prevent him from damaging the house suffered a cut injury on the hand.
Raged over this, Boominathan, his elder brother Murugan, 52, and his son Vijay, 23, attacked Thavamani using sharp weapons. As he collapsed and died on the same spot, the trio surrendered before the police.
Based on a complaint from Thavamani’s relative M Simon, a case was registered with the Silaiman police station. An inquiry was conducted by inspector Madasamy.
According to the police, Thavamani was involved in six criminal cases in connection with a robbery and voluntarily causing injuries to people in the last five years. A couple of cases including a murder case was pending against him in Virudhunagar district police limits.