Argument over not giving way for a vehicle leads to brutal murder in Thiruvananthapuram

From the video, it can be seen that as the fight was going on, a crowd had gathered to watch what was going on.

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A CCTV visual of a man brutally stabbing two persons, eventually killing one in Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram was released by Malayalam news channels. The incident took place near the Kovalam area in the state capital on Thursday night and according to the police, it was a result of an argument between both the parties which occurred earlier that day.

Earlier on Thursday morning, the deceased, who was identified as 23-year-old Suraj SR, a native of Thozhukkal in Thiruvananthapuram had an argument with 28-year-old Manu, who is an auto driver. The argument was over one of them not giving the way for the other's vehicle.

‘Later that day around 7:30 pm, both parties, along with Suraj’s friend Vineesh Chandran, who is 21-years-old met at Azhakulam junction near Kovalam to solve the matter. What happened afterwards is there on the CCTV visuals,’ said a police official from the Kovalam police station.

The video shows both Suraj and Vineesh waiting on a bike for Manu at one side of the junction, when Manu gets out of an autorickshaw and starts walking to them. A few seconds after they begin to talk, Manu can be seen beginning to assault Suraj and later stabbing him brutally, while also attacking Vineesh. From the video, it can be seen that as the fight was going on, a crowd had gathered to watch what was going on.

Suraj had succumbed to his injuries while his friend Vineesh is undergoing treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. ‘We have arrested Manu, who is on remand at the moment. We have also recovered the knife he used to stab the victim,” said the police.

According to media reports, Manu’s father runs a small restaurant in the junction where the murder took place and that Manu had taken the knife from his father’s restaurant to stab Suraj.

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