Autorickshaw driver among two murdered in Chennai: Police

CHENNAI: Two people including an autorickshaw driver were murdered in separate incidents on Friday and Saturday, police said.
In an incident at Otteri, an autorickshaw driver N Dhanraj, 32, was murdered by a gang outside in-law’s house on Friday. The gang had an enmity with Dhanaraj’s brothers-in-law — Vigneshkumar, Rajeshkumar and Yogeshkumar, who were allegedly into illicit sale of liquor — over ‘mamool’ money. A few days ago, the brothers orally complained about the men to the Pulianthope police, when the gang came to know about it they landed at their home. Since the brothers were not present, they attacked Dhanraj and his wife Sabari, who managed to escape into the house.
Dhanraj was rushed to Government Stanley Hospital, but died without responding to treatment around 11.30pm. Police registered a case and secured six suspects — K Samuel, 20, A Paul Praveen, 26, R Vinoth, 24, R Vicky, 21, K Thilakraj, 23, B Ajay, 19. They were remanded in judicial custody and a hunt has been launched for the rest.
Separately, a man, who was found dead near Koyambedu flyover, has been identified as Dhanasekar, 42, of Madurai. Police arrested 19-year-old Jayakumar based on his call records. Investigation revealed the duo had recently become friends and would often smoke ganja together.
Since Jayakumar did not have a phone, he gave his mother’s number to Dhanasekar to contact him. Dhanasekar kept calling the teenager’s mother at odd hours and began making lewd propositions to her.
When Jayakumar came to know about it he invited Dhanasekar to their regular spot. Jayakumar along with his friend Karthik attacked him with a bottle and strangled him to death, dumping his body on the roadside. Jayakumar has been remanded in judicial custody, a hunt is on for Karthik.