The police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a watchman of a godown near the toll plaza on L&T Bypass Road at Chinthamanipudur on Saturday.
According to Singanallur police, the accused is also a watchman.
Police said that the victim R. Thambusamy (70) and the accused M. Navaneethakrishnan (30) of Oddanchatram in Dindigul district had been employed by a security firm. Police said that a drunken brawl between them ended in the murder of Thambusamy. The police said that Navaneethakrishnan smashed Thambusamy’s head with a stone. He died on the spot.
After preliminary inquiry, the police suspected that the murder could have been due to an argument over watching their favourite channel on the television. The accused has been remanded in judicial custody.