Tirupur: A 40-year-old man was murdered by his relative, who was also his co-worker, at a garment unit at Palladamin in Tirupur district on Sunday early morning. Police have formed two special teams to nab the murderer, who has gone into hiding.
An investigation officer identified the deceased as S Mangalishwaran, a native of Tiruchuli near Aruppukottai in Virudhunagar district. He was a wall painter. “The garment unit at Palladam had hired him and his 40-year-old relative R Valivitta Ayyanar, also from Tiruchuli, for painting job as part of some renovation work two weeks ago.”
According to the officer, the two were staying in a room on the garment unit premises. “On Saturday night, the duo consumed alcohol and fought with each other. On Sunday morning, other workers of the unit found Mangalishwaran dead in a pool of blood in the room. His relative was not seen anywhere on the unit premises.”
The garment unit alerted police, who sent the dead body to hospital for postmortem. Police suspect that Ayyanar might have murdered Mangalishwaran using an iron rod and escaped from the room later.
“The special teams have launched a manhunt for him,” the officer said.