Thrashed for refusing to part with money, the Madhya Pradesh native gets crushed beyond recognition

In a tragic incident, an unidentified youth, believed to be from Madhya Pradesh, was crushed to death by a speeding bus on EVR Salai in Chennai, after two drunken men pushed him after he refused to give them what they wanted.

The incident took place on Sunday night while the youth who was in mid-twenties was walking on EVR Salai near Dasaprakash Hotel towards Central railway station.

Drunk duo

The two men, who seemed to be drunk, stopped the youth and reportedly demanded tobacco and money. When he refused, the duo thrashed him. Though he was writhing in pain, they kept beating him as he tried to flee.

At one point, the youth started to run across EVR Salai to get away from the two assailants. Pushed by the duo while he was running, he came under the wheels of a speeding bus. He was crushed under the wheels and dragged for 10 metres until the bus driver Eswaran stopped the bus. The victim’s head was crushed, rendering identification near impossible.

CCTV footage

Traffic Investigation Wing, Anna Square Police, who rushed to the spot recovered the body and sent it to the Government Kilpauk Hospital for post-mortem. Eyewitnesses narrated the sequence of events to the police. Footage from a nearby CCTV camera also showed the youth being thrashed. The police identified the assailants — Kamal alias Madurai Muthu, 28, and Devan, 30, of Ponniamman Koil street, Dr Santhosh Nagar — from the CCTV footage. They were arrested. The case was transferred to the Egmore Police.