1 killed in clash during birthday celebration in Thanjavur

Thiruchirapalli

On Friday night, Balamurugan from Ponnavarayankottai near Pattukkottai was celebrating his birthday along with his friends including Punniyamurthy (42) and Saravanan (34). Punniyamurthy and Saravanan had a verbal quarrel in the influence of alcohol and the verbal quarrel snowballed into an assault and the other friends pacified both and sent them to their houses. Punniyamurthy went to his house and was sleeping in the verandah and at around 11 pm, Saravanan spotted him sleeping. He stabbed him multiple times and the victim died on the spot. Police arrested Saravanan on Saturday.