CHENNAI: A 30-year-old man was hacked to death by his friend at Pullarambakkam in Tiruvallur district on Saturday night.
Police said Murugan of J J Nagar, who works in a private firm, invited his friend Subash Chandrabose, 30, for a talk when an argument broke out. Murugan pulled out a knife and stabbed him on his shoulders when Subash started to run. However, Murugan chased him down and stabbed him to death. Passersby alerted the police, who later sent the body for postmortem to a government hospital.
Murugan later surrendered before police. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the duo worked in the same company for a couple of months. Police are investigating the reason behind the murder.
