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Chennai: A 19-year-old youth was beaten to death by his friend and buried on a beach near Pulicat on Wednesday. Along with his friend G Dinesh, 23, he took Prashanth to the beach near Pulicat, beat him to death, and buried his body in the sand.
Police said Devarasu asked Prashanth to come to Pulicat. Police suspect that an affair led to the murder. Police identified the deceased as Prashanth , son of Ezhilselvi of Siruvathur village in Cuddalore district. Ezhilselvi works as a domestic help at an actor’s residence in Chennai. Cuddalore police arrested the two men and brought them to Chennai. The accused took police to the burial spot at Sathankuppam beach. The body was exhumed from a shallow grave and sent to Ponneri govt hospital for postmortem. As the murder took place within Thirupalaivanam police limits, local police have registered a new case.
Police arrested two men in connection with the murder and exhumed the victim’s body on Friday.
During investigation, police found that Prashanth was in a relationship with the wife of his friend, S Devarasu, 18, who belonged to the same village. After Ramesh lodged a complaint, Pudupettai police in Cuddalore district registered a missing-person case.