Two persons held for murder

A college student and a juvenile have been remanded to custody on the charge of murdering an autorickshaw driver in Anna Nagar on May 29.

According to the police, Abdul Khader, 45, of Sharma Nagar, was a load autorickshaw driver. When he was driving in Anna Nagar on May 29, he got into an argument with the two youth riding a bike. During the course of the argument, they hit him with a stone.

He was rushed to the government hospital with injuries.

The college student and the juvenile were arrested for assault. The student was sent to the Puzhal prison and the juvenile to the Government Observation Home in Kellys. Khader died on Thursday, following which the case was changed to one of murder.