Man arrested for murdering elder brother in Madurai over liquor

Police in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, arrested an adult male on homicide charges following a violent domestic confrontation that resulted in the death of his elder brother on Sunday. According to investigating officers from the local police station, an argument erupted between the siblings at their residence after the suspect demanded money to purchase liquor, which the elder brother refused. As the disagreement escalated into physical violence, the younger brother allegedly seized a heavy wooden log and struck the victim forcefully across the head, inflicting catastrophic blunt force trauma.

Family members and neighbors rushed the critically injured victim to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, where medical officers pronounced him dead on arrival due to severe cranial hemorrhaging. Patrol officers arrived at the residential scene, took the accused into custody, and seized the weapon used during the fatal altercation. Investigators booked the suspect under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, concluding forensic documentation of the crime scene before remanding him to central prison custody pending trial proceedings.

 

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/man-arrested-for-murdering-elder-brother-in-madurai-over-liquor/article71653654.ece/amp/

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