A businessman, K. Soundarapandi, 51, was stabbed to death by four persons after a wordy quarrel near Keeraithurai on Thursday evening.
Police said the deceased had scolded a few youths for dumping firewood near his shop. This led to a heated exchange of words between them, following which they attacked him with a knife.
The man was killed on the spot. Keeraithurai police have booked four persons, identified as Muthupandi, Karthik, Marimuthu and Sabarinathan.