Chennai: Two men were murdered in the city yesterday, one at Guindy and another at Pammal.
According to police, a man from Odisha was found dead in his rented apartment at Bharathi Nagar, Guindy. Police are on a hunt for his friend.
Police said, Jaganath Rawath (30) stayed with Rabbi Moji (40), Santhosh (44), and Yashwanth (36). All of them worked as security guards for a private company. For the past two days Jaganath had been staying in the house and drinking, without going for work.
Yesterday when Rabbi and Santhosh arrived, they found Jaganath dead and Yashwanth missing. When the duo contacted him he claimed he did not know anything and never returned home. Post mortem report showed that Jaganath was beaten to death and his bones broken.
Police suspect Yashwanth to be involved in the murder and have launched a manhunt. Guindy police have registered a case.
In an unrelated case, in Pammal, a 19-year-old boy was murdered by a man. Police said, the victim Osama Khadhar, a resident of Bhavani Nagar, Polichalur was murdered by Mohammed Aleem (37) of Nalla Thambi Salai. Osama worked at the hotel run by his father Basher.
Aleem, a Singapore return money lender recently had a tiff with Osama’s mother for not making the payments on time. Angered by this, Osama confronted Aleem. During the altercation, Aleem stabbed Osama to death. Shankar Nagar police have arrested Aleem.