The Royala Nagar police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly killing another person following a quarrel in a bar where both were working.
The deceased, Vivek alias Vivekanandan, 32, and the suspect, Ajitkumar, 22, were from Ramanathapuram district and were working in a bar attached to a Tasmac outlet in Ramapuram, the police said.
On May 29, both had a quarrel and in a fit of anger, Ajithkumar took a hot frying pan and attacked Vivek. Vivek was greviously injured and was undergoing treatment at the Government Hospital, Chromepet.
He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital on Tuesday. The police have altered the section from attempt to murder to murder.