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Tamil Nadu: Drunken cook kills youth, arrested

The man found dead was estimated to be around 30-years-old and his throat was found slit.

Coimbatore: A 40-year-old cook was arrested on Friday for fatally assaulting a youth following a quarrel under influence of liquor.

According to police, on receiving information from the members of public about an unknown male body lying on the platform in front of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Race course police rushed to the spot. The man found dead was estimated to be around 30-years-old and his throat was found slit.

Some witnesses said that a cook working in a nearby eatery staying in the platform had picked up a quarrel with the deceased and assaulted him in an inebriated state. Race course police searched all through the night and picked up 40-year-old Srinivasan found hiding near Coimbatore railway junction. Srinivasan a native of Dindigul admitted to his crime of murdering the youth.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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