Chennai: A 32-year-old man, who allegedly murdered his friend in a drunken brawl and shared the photograph of the dead body on a WhatsApp group, was arrested by the city police from his hideout in Puducherry on Friday. Anandan was arrested by Chennai police from his hideout in Puducherry after a murder investigation led police to him.
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The matter came to light only on Thursday night when the residents of the Army quarters in Nadambakkam on Thursday night messaged the police on Whatsapp about their suspicion that a man could be have been murdered and buried inside the bushy empty land in their locality. Residents of the army quarters claimed that the open ground was often used by youngsters to consume alcohol or smoke marijuana but this was the first time they had seen a number of men wandering around the empty land with shovels in their hands.
According to the reports, a team of police personnel reached the spot and dug out a dead body in the presence of the Tahsildar. Preliminary investigation revealed that the body was that of 37-year-old Nandambakkam-resident Subesh who was also a history-sheeter with several prior offenses listed against him, including burglary and murder.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Subesh, along with five other friends, had gone to drink alcohol inside the bushes and resolve some internal disagreements. Alcohol was consumed and the men got into a heated argument following which Anandan and Karthik attacked Subesh with stones and beer bottles. An electrician by profession, Anandan then clicked a picture of Subesh's dead body and posted in on a WhatsApp group from where it reached other residents of the Army quarters.
