Coimbatore: Annur police arrested a 50-year-old man on Saturday for killing his friend in a drunk fight in Urumandagagenpudur.
Police Annur said that it was dravid, a goat shepherd, who first saw the body of P.
Nataraj, a 65-year-old, a resident of Urumandaggurenpudur, near an agricultural land at 7 am on Saturday.
He immediately told the son of Nataraj Chiranjeevi, 29.
Meanwhile, the village of Pachapalayam Panchayat President received information about the body and information of the police, who reached the place and sent the body to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem.
During the investigation, Chiranjeevi told the police that his father took care of 600 goats a dairy farmer for the past three months.
Around 3pm on Friday, Nataraj and his friend and Gurusamy, 50, from the same village, went to consume liquor at the Tasmac bar in Pachapalayam, a police officer said.
“When his father did not return for a long time, Chiranjeevi went to the outlet and asked Gurusamy about his father.
Gurusamy, who was drunk, told him that his father left home after consuming liquor,” the officer said.
After Nataraj was found killed, the police tried to get Gurusamy, who was hiding.
“We then formed a team and launched the hunt for him.
We arrested him on Saturday night.
Gurusamy said Nataraj had used a serpulfate while talking about his wife.
In anger, Gurusamy attacked Nataraj with stones and left him in a pool of blood,” police officers told toi.
Based on his statement, the police registered a case against Gurusamy under section 302 (murder) from the Indian criminal code and arrested him.
Then, he was returned in your holding.