26-year-old killed for trying to resolve motorists’ fight

The victim, Hariram (26) of Tenkasi, was staying with his friends in Poonamallee and was working in a private firm. He was preparing to fly abroad.

On April 18, Hariram was having a juice at a shop when V Perumal (43) of Thirumal Nagar rammed his two-wheeler onto another person’s vehicle, leading to a heated argument between them. Perumal and the other biker got into a verbal quarrel.

Hariram tried to pacify them, but Perumal allegedly verbally abused him leading to a physical fight. Perumal then called his son Vinoth, who arrived with three friends. They ganged up and severely beat Hariram, who suffered grievous injuries, said police. While Poonamallee police have already arrested Perumal, Vinoth and his friends are still at large. 

Frustrated over frequent fights due to his drinking habit, a 62-year-old man murdered his wife by smashing her head with a grinding stone, in Vyasarpadi in the wee hours of Wednesday. 

The accused, S Abdul Jaffer, is working as a cook in a restaurant. Police said he would often come home drunk, leading to fights with his wife Mubarak Begum (52). The couple lived along with her daughter Jasmin and son-in-law Mohammed Abbas at SA Colony in Sharma Nagar, while their son Kuthbudeen is working in Malaysia.

On Tuesday night, too, Mubarak Begum fought with Abdul Jaffer for coming home drunk and went to sleep. In a fit of rage, Abdul Jaffer took the base stone of the grinder and smashed Mubarak Begum’s head, killing her on the spot. Their three-year-old grandson who was sleeping next to Mubarak escaped without injuries. Jasmin, who was sleeping in a separate room, did not hear any noise and Abdul Jaffer fled the house.

It was their son-in-law, who reached home around 6 am after the night shift, who spotted his kid lying in a pool of blood near Mubarak Begum, who was dead by then. After information, MKB Nagar police rushed to the spot and sent the woman’s body for autopsy. Police traced Abdul Jaffer to his relative’s house at Erukkancheri and remanded him in judicial custody.