Man kills friend in drunken brawl over cricket players in Tamil Nadu:

PERAMBALUR:  A 21-year-old man here was arrested on Thursday for allegedly murdering a youth during a drunken quarrel over cricket players. According to the police, the deceased, identified as P Vignesh (26) of Poyyur in the district, was working at a private firm in Chennai. 

On Tuesday night, S Dharmaraj (21) of the same locality as Vignesh, and a few others called their friend over for a booze session. While consuming liquor near SIDCO factory in Mallur, Dharmaraj and Vignesh



got into a quarrel in which they lambasted Team India cricket players. Vignesh also made fun of Dharmaraj’s stammering, the police said. 

An irate Dharmaraj assaulted Vignesh to death with a liquor bottle and a log, the police added. Following the incident coming to light on Wednesday morning, the Keezhapalur police recovered Vignesh’s body and sent it to the Ariyalur Medical College Hospital for autopsy. A case was registered and Dharmaraj was arrested on Thursday.