Man bludgeons friend to death, arrested

Coimbatore: A 53-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning for bludgeoning his friend to death with a stone behind a private hospital near the old bus stand area in Tirupur.
The Tirupur police identified the accused as Sakthivel, a native of Dindugal district.
A daily wage labourer, Sakthivel used to spend the night on a platform near the hospital, where he met Baskaran, a native of Trichy, and befriended him four months ago, said a police officer.
“On Monday night, a dispute arose between them over a petty issue and in a fit of rage, Baskaran attacked Sakthivel with a stone, injuring his legs. Sakthivel waited patiently to take revenge on Baskaran and when everyone fell asleep on Tuesday night, he smashed the latter’s head with a stone,” the official said.
Other labourers rushed the victim to the government hospital, where he died without responding to the treatment in the early hours of Wednesday. TNN