COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore district police have arrested five persons, including four minors aged 13 to 17 years, for allegedly beating a man to death in Pollachi town on Wednesday night.
Police said the 30-year-old deceased from Tirupattur worked at a bakery in Pollachi and was involved in an illicit relationship with his employer’s wife. Two of the suspects were her children.
According to the police, the victim was fired from his job a few months ago and returned to his hometown. Unable to find work there, he returned to Pollachi recently and allegedly continued the affair, leading to frequent disputes with the woman’s family.
On Wednesday evening, he went to the bakery and got into a fight under the influence of alcohol. He later left and was walking towards Thiruvalluvar Thidal. The bakery owner’s sons, aged 14 and 13, along with three friends aged 16, 17 and 19 hit the worker and assaulted him, police said.
Local residents rushed him to the Pollaçi hospital, where the doctors, however, declared him dead.
The dead body was then sent to the ESI Hospital for treatment. Pollachi West police registered a case on Thursday and arrested the five. The 19-year-old was sent to prison while the others were sent to a juvenile home.
