Metro Water staffer killed over ‘road rage’, cops probe friends

The deceased was identified as G Boopathi (40) of Chengaiammankoil. The police said that he was as a clerk at Metro Water’s Chennai office but used to drive autorickshaw duringspare time.

While driving auto on Kilampakkam–Athanur Road with his friends Arumugham of Karanaipuduchery and Seenu of Oorapakkam, Boopathi got into a fight with a two-wheeler rider. It escalated and the riders and his friends allegedly slashed Boopathi’s, killing him on the spot.

The body has been shifted to Chromepet Government Hospital for post-mortem examination.

The Guduvancherry police, however, were not ready to believe Boopathis’ friends’ version and are questioning them. The police wanted to know if they two had any fight with the deceased and if they killed him.