Chennai: A 28-year-old history-sheeter was hacked to death following an argument with a group of men while consuming alcohol at a vacant plot near the Kasimedu fishing harbour on Tuesday evening.
The assailants attacked him with a knife and fled the scene, police said. Police arrested two suspects — Jayaseelan and his uncle Jayachandran — on murder charges.
Deepak was drinking with a group of acquaintances at the vacant plot when an argument broke out, according to police. The deceased, identified as Deepak , lived in Singaravelan Nagar, Kasimedu. He was listed as a C-category rowdy and had criminal cases pending against him at Kasimedu police station. During the altercation, the assailants repeatedly hacked him on the back of his head with a concealed knife. He died at the spot. Fishermen who passed the area found the body and alerted the police. Personnel from Kasimedu fishing harbour police station reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Govt Stanley Hospital for a postmortem examination.
Police team produced the arrested duo will be produced before a magistrate court on Wednesday and remanded in judicial custody..