Chennai: Irate over his son creating trouble at home and in the village after getting drunk, a 60-year-old man murdered his son, tied a boulder to his body and dumped it in a pond near Kancheepuram on Dec 17.
On Friday, residents of Pudupakkam village noticed the body of a man floating and alerted police. Police found the body partly decomposed but there were injury marks on the face. Investigations revealed that the deceased was Munusamy, 35, of the same village. A team conducted inquiries with Munusamy’s parents and learnt that his father, Kathavarayan, beat him to death.
On Dec 17, Munusamy came home drunk and abused and assaulted his parents, after which the father hit him, leading to his death.
The man, along with a relative, Rajesh, tied a boulder to the body and dumped it in the pond.
Both were arrested.
