Coimbatore: A 50-year-old man was beaten to death with a wooden log following a drunken brawl over a sleeping spot near Saravanampatti bus stand on Sathy Road on Friday night.
The deceased has been identified as R Kanagaraj, 41, of Saravanampatti.
He usually spent the night at a nearby choultry after drinking,” said a police officer. “He reportedly consumed alcohol regularly and took up odd jobs at hotels in the area. During the quarrel, one of them picked up a wooden log lying nearby and hit Kanagaraj on the head, leaving him with fatal injuries.
His body was found in an isolated spot behind the bus stand, following which police were alerted on Saturday morning. On Friday, Kanagaraj was drinking with his friends when an argument broke out over securing a place to sleep.
Meanwhile, investigation revealed that Kanagaraj’s family lived in the same locality, but he rarely went home. Saravanampatti police recovered the body and sent it to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for a postmortem. Saravanampatti police have registered a case and detained two men who were involved in the altercation and are questioning them to establish the circumstances leading to the death. Further investigation is underway.