Coimbatore: Denied pickle, man kills boy

COIMBATORE: A 20-year-old guest worker was arrested on Tuesday for murdering his 17-year-old friend at Avarampalayam in the city after he refused to give him pickle.
The Peelamedu police identified the accused as M Pajirangi Kumar, a native of Patna.
Employed with a wet grinder manufacturing company in the city, he was residing along with workers of two other private firms on the top floor of a textile machinery spare part manufacturing company.
According to a police officer, Pajirangi Kumar had on Monday entered into a verbal altercation with R Sidu Kumar, also a native of Patna, during lunch after the latter didn’t give him pickle.
“Soon, it took an ugly turn with Pajirangi Kumar strangling the minor boy and punching him on his chest very hard. Sidu fainted after the blow and other workers rushed him to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead,” the officer said.
When alerted, the Peelamedu police registered a case against Pajirangi Kumar under Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code and launched a manhunt for him. Police arrested him at Avarampalayam on Tuesday. Later, he was produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody.
The officer said Sidu was employed with Blue Moon industries.