A watchman was beaten to death by the owners of a vegetable market in Karumathampatti on Tuesday in broad daylight after 15 gunny bags of bellari onion went missing from the warehouse.
The incident took place at the New Vegetable Market in Jedayampalayam on Sirumugai road in Mettupalayam. Police officials who earlier booked the case as suspicious death changed the section to murder after receiving the post-mortem report on Wednesday. They have arrested the porter of the market, Soha alias Sohabuddin and are on the lookout for the writer of the vegetable market, Sherif.
As per the inspector of police of Sirumugai police station, Selvaraj, "S Srinivasan, 45, had been working as a load man at the DRC vegetable warehouse for several years. Since he was addicted to alcohol, he had several health problems. Four months ago, he suffered a paralysis attack and his left leg and left hand became non-functional. Subsequently, he was appointed as the watchman for the warehouse".
According to police, on Tuesday, the porter of the market found 15 gunny bags of bellari onion missing from the warehouse. He suspected the watchman and scolded him for his slackness. But since Srinivasan had been working double shifts, he had not eaten anything since the previous night. At around 1pm, the porter of the market, Sohabuddin, and the writer of the market, Sherif, began hitting him with a stick.
Srinivasan's wife, S Janaki told police that the two men had beaten him to death. The police sent the body for post mortem to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital. On Wednesday, police officials told TOI that as per the post mortem report, Srinivasan had died due to a attack.
The Karumathampatti police have arrested Sohabuddin under Sections 302 (Murder) of IPC.
The incident took place at the New Vegetable Market in Jedayampalayam on Sirumugai road in Mettupalayam. Police officials who earlier booked the case as suspicious death changed the section to murder after receiving the post-mortem report on Wednesday. They have arrested the porter of the market, Soha alias Sohabuddin and are on the lookout for the writer of the vegetable market, Sherif.
As per the inspector of police of Sirumugai police station, Selvaraj, "S Srinivasan, 45, had been working as a load man at the DRC vegetable warehouse for several years. Since he was addicted to alcohol, he had several health problems. Four months ago, he suffered a paralysis attack and his left leg and left hand became non-functional. Subsequently, he was appointed as the watchman for the warehouse".
According to police, on Tuesday, the porter of the market found 15 gunny bags of bellari onion missing from the warehouse. He suspected the watchman and scolded him for his slackness. But since Srinivasan had been working double shifts, he had not eaten anything since the previous night. At around 1pm, the porter of the market, Sohabuddin, and the writer of the market, Sherif, began hitting him with a stick.
Srinivasan's wife, S Janaki told police that the two men had beaten him to death. The police sent the body for post mortem to Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital. On Wednesday, police officials told TOI that as per the post mortem report, Srinivasan had died due to a attack.
The Karumathampatti police have arrested Sohabuddin under Sections 302 (Murder) of IPC.