Drunk man sleeping outside his house killed

Chennai: An unidentified gang killed a 35-year-old man while he was sleeping in front of his house at Ezhil Nagar , Perumbakkam, on Thursday. Kalai Vaanan , who lived on the third floor of an apartment complex of the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board , worked at a fish shop along with his wife Soundarya. Police said a gang of five men approached him while he was sleeping at the doorstep of his house in a drunk state and dropped a grinding stone on the head.

Police have sent his body to the Chromepet Govt Hospital for a postmortem. Police said Kalai had insulted a woman from the same area three months ago. Police are probing if her sons are involved.



Kalai has seven cases against him. Police said he was, of late, tipping them off about ganja dealers..