A 50-year-old man was murdered by his close relative at his house in Raheem Nagar in Edayarpalayam on Monday night.
The police identified the deceased as P. Vijayakumar, 50, a merchant supplying soaps and eatables to stores in the area. His brother-in-law, V. Vivekanandan, 29, from MGR Nagar, Chennai, who was working as a driver, had come to Coimbatore to look for a job.
On Monday night, Vivekanandan came home drunk. They entered into a heated argument. Vivekanandan stabbed Vijayakumar in the neck using a knife and escaped. The police have arrested him.
