Tirupur: Police are on the lookout for the younger brother who fled the scene of the murder in Tirupur.
Tirupur: In a shocking incident in Tirupur, two brothers got into a property dispute which ended in the younger brother killing his elder brother.
Swaminathan, a resident of 2nd Street, Moscow Nagar in Tirupur lived with his unmarried sons Nagaraj and Karthik. Both of them were working in a baniyan company. Nagaraj owned a two-cent plot in Moscow Nagar which his younger brother Karthik wanted to own.
On Monday night, when both brothers returned from work, they consumed liquor at home. Karthik reportedly asked Nagaraj once again to bequeath the Moscow Nagar land to him. An argument ensued which ended up in a scuffle.
In a fit of rage, Karthik attacked his elder brother Nagaraj with a stick lying in front of the house.
Nagaraj sustained grievous injuries and died on the spot.
Shocked by the turn of events, Karthik fled from the spot and has reportedly gone into hiding. Locals who spotted Nagaraj's body this morning informed the Tirupur North police who rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The police sent the corpse to the Tirupur Government Headquarters Hospital and Medical College for post-mortem. They are also on the lookout for the absconding brother, Karthik.
Swaminathan, a resident of 2nd Street, Moscow Nagar in Tirupur lived with his unmarried sons Nagaraj and Karthik. Both of them were working in a baniyan company. Nagaraj owned a two-cent plot in Moscow Nagar which his younger brother Karthik wanted to own.
On Monday night, when both brothers returned from work, they consumed liquor at home. Karthik reportedly asked Nagaraj once again to bequeath the Moscow Nagar land to him. An argument ensued which ended up in a scuffle.
In a fit of rage, Karthik attacked his elder brother Nagaraj with a stick lying in front of the house.
Nagaraj sustained grievous injuries and died on the spot.
Shocked by the turn of events, Karthik fled from the spot and has reportedly gone into hiding. Locals who spotted Nagaraj's body this morning informed the Tirupur North police who rushed to the spot and recovered the body. The police sent the corpse to the Tirupur Government Headquarters Hospital and Medical College for post-mortem. They are also on the lookout for the absconding brother, Karthik.