Ganesh Kendale
COIMBATORE: A 47-year-old private security guard was arrested on Wednesday on charges of murdering his colleague for allegedly not cooking an omelette for him in their room at Nehru Nagar in Orattukuppai, near Chettipalayam in Tamil Nadu. The accused and the victim were working in a private security services company. They were sharing a room taken on rent by the company along with three more colleagues.
The roommates took turns to cook daily.On Tuesday morning, it was the turn of Joseph Kurian (47) from Vaikom, in Kerala, to cook. While Joseph cooked an omelette for himself, he did not make omelettes for his colleagues A Sherif (50), P Vinoth (59), Santhosh (45), and Sivaraman (48), all from Thrissur, Kerala.
While Sherif and Joseph were drunk and in the room at around 8.30pm, the former questioned Joseph for not cooking omelettes for the others in the morning.
A heated argument ensued between the two. In a fit of rage Joseph took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Sherif in the abdomen.
Sherif was rushed to a private hospital at Malumichampatti where first aid was administered. He was referred to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where he died on Wednesday morning. Following a postmortem, the body was handed over to family members. Chettipalayam police registered a murder case against Joseph and arrested him on Wednesday evening. He was produced before a judicial magistrate at Sulur on Thursday and remanded in judicial custody in Coimbatore Central Prison.
