3 teenagers held for killing labourer in Korukkupet
Police arrested three teenagers on Monday in connection with the murder of contract labourer in Korrukupet. Police said the trio chased L Sridhar, a contract labourer at Chennai Port clubbed him to death in front of the Korrukupet police station on Sunday night.
A few members of the public raised an alarm and tried to nab the trio but the they fled from the scene. Police said the three teenagers were walking on the road when they were intercepted by Sridhar, who was drunk. Sridhar shouted abuses at them.
Enraged over this, the trio chased Sridhar and beat him up near the police station. Police identified the victim with the help of an entry pass of Ennore Port Trust. With the identification provided by few witnesses, police nabbed the teenagers on Monday.