Coimbatore: The KG Chavadi police arrested a 63-year-old man from Kerala on Monday night on charges of murdering a 77-year-old man.
Police said the accused, Varadharajan, of Walayar in Palakkad district, lacerated R Karuppasamy’s neck using a sickle after the deceased cattle strayed into Varadharajan’s farm near TN-Kerala border on April 3.
Police said Varadharajan and Karuppasamy, who was from Pitchanur dam Thottam at KG Chavadi, had fought previously over the same issue.
On April 3, the body was found by Karuppasamy’s elder brother on a rope cot with severe cut injuries on neck. Karuppasamy brought his cattle to his younger brother Ramakrishnan’s farmland along Dam Road near KG Chavadi for grazing. The cattle strayed into nearby farm owned by Varadharajan.
After Ramakrishnan informed the police, they reached the spot with forensic experts and collected evidence. The body was sent to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for postmortem. The police then lodged a case under Section 302 of the IPC and initiated inquiry. The evidence trails led to Varadharajan and police arrested him on Monday night.
Subsequently, Varadharajan was produced before the judicial magistrate and remanded in judicial custody the same night.