Madurai: Man beaten to death in drunken brawl

MADURAI: The Madurai district police arrested a 40-year-old man for murdering a sanitary worker during a drunken brawl.
The deceased has been identified as S Nondisamy, 48, a sanitary worker in Therkutheru panchayat in Melur. Nondisamy belonged to the scheduled caste (parayair).
Police said that around six months ago, the accused, A Pandiarajan alias Thorattu, belonging to the backward class (kallar), had taken away the stones that were dumped for the construction of a drainage canal.Nondisamy reported this to the panchayat president.
Since then, there was animosity between the duo and Pandiarajan often abused the deceased with his caste name and threatened him. On Tuesday evening, a quarrel broke out between the two, who were in a drunken state. During the quarrel, Pandiarajan abused Nondisamy using his caste name. He also hit him with a wooden log and murdered him.
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased’s brother, the Melur police registered a case under various sections of the IPC and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.