Coconut seller hacks two men in fit of rage, lands in prison

Coimbatore: A tender coconut seller who attacked a friend and his acquaintance with a machete used to cut coconuts was arrested for attempt to murder at Dharapuram on Wednesday.
Police said the coconut seller, Shreedharan Natarajan, 41, from Nagapattinam, was having an argument with his friend Ibrahim Syed, an autorickshaw driver from Dharapuram, over old unpaid rent. “When argument became serious, Ibrahim phoned his friend Ramesh and asked him to join,” a police officer said.
The argument ensued after Ramesh joined them and at a point, in a fit of rage, Shreedharan drew a concealed machete out and started hacking both Ramesh and Ibrahim. Then he escaped from the spot.
However, within hours police arrested Shreedharan.
Ramesh and Ibrahim were admitted to the Dharapuram government hospital, where their condition is stable,the officer said.