Labourer murdered by roommate in Maduravoyal

The deceased M Murali of Veppampattu stayed at a rented premises on Muthumariamman Koil street along with three others identified as Sinsun, Subramani and Aravind, said police.

On Thursday night, Murali's wallet containing Rs 1,500 and a debit card went missing and a quarrel erupted between him and Sinsun after he inquired Sinsun whether he stole it.

Meanwhile, a fight broke out between the two on Saturday night after they consumed liquor together. While all of them went to asleep after that, Sinsun woke up around 3 am on Sunday and smashed Murali's head with a heavy stone killing him on the spot. Later, he asked his another roommate Subramani to drop him at the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus around 3.45 am.

On information, Maduravoyal police retrieved his body and sent it to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMC) for post mortem. Subramani and Aravind have been detained for interrogation and a hunt has been launched for absconding Sinsun.