Elderly man dies in Chennai following assault by family, relatives

CHENNAI: A 65-year-old man died after being assaulted by his nephew, his wife and two other family members in a fight that broke out over fetching water from a sump at Madhuravoyal. Four people were booked on charges of murder and arrested by Maduravoyal police.
The deceased man was identified as R Angappan. He lived with his family at Govindappan Naicker Street in Alapakkam. The families of his brother Murugesan also lived in the same compound, police said.
There used to be frequent quarrels among the family members over parking of bikes and other trivial issues. Many a times, neighbours had to intervene to sort out the fights.
On Saturday morning, Angappan's daughter Vijayalakshmi was fetching water when an argument broke out between her and the wife of her cousin Ravikumar. Ravikumar is Murugesan's son.
The argument soon turned into a full-blown quarrel. Angappan and his wife Karpagam joined and argued with Ravikumar's wife, Vanitha.
Hearing the commotion, Ravikumar reached the scene and assaulted his uncle, Angappan. They pushed each other to the ground. Vanitha's sister and her husband who had come to visit them joined in the fight and assaulted Angappan, who fell down and suffered injuries.
His family members took Angappan to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries late on Saturday night. Maduravoyal police have registered a case and have arrested M Ravikumar, 40, his wife R Vanitha,35, her sister V Kavitha, 37, and S Vignesh. All four were remanded in judicial custody.