Chennai: Questioned for peeing on road, brothers attack locals, arrested

CHENNAI: Police on Sunday arrested two brothers for assaulting residents who questioned them urinating in public, near a water tank, in Alandur. Police sources said the duo was allegedly in an inebriated state and created ruckus in the neighbourhood.
The arrested were identified as Rasheed, 26, and Hameed, 24, residents of Laskar Street in Alandur. On Saturday night, the two were visiting a relative in another area in Alandur. Hameed had urinated in public besides a water tank in the neighbourhood, when one of the residents, Padmanaban, 63, chided him and asked him to refrain from doing so.
A verbal duel ensued and it soon escalated into a brawl, with Hameed assaulting the elderly man and abusing his family members who came to his aid, before fleeing the place.
Later, around 11pm, Hameed returned with four others and picked up an argument with the residents. Deenadayalan, a DMK functionary who resides in the neighbourhood, intervened and questioned their behaviour. The gang threw stones at him, breaking his teeth and injuring him and another resident.
Based on Deenadayalan's complaint, the St Thomas Mount police arrested the siblings on Sunday. A search is on for their accomplices.