VELLORE: A fun play among five drunk

friends

in

’s

district took an ugly turn on Sunday when one of them died after being thrown into a

by others.

The deceased has been identified as M Mavin Kumar, 24, of Sammandhikuppam in Gudiyatham. He was working as a carpenter in Karnataka.

The incident happened on Sunday afternoon when Mavin was drinking liquor with his friends -- Sudharshan, Arun Kumar, Ajith Kumar and Baavith.

The drunk friends threw Mavin into a nearby farm well and shot the happenings on his cellphone.

However, Mavin didn’t emerge from the water in the well. The friends panicked. They fled the scene after abandoning his cellphone and other items.

Later, Mavin’s parents started searching for him. They found his cellphone, dresses and empty liquor bottles near the well and alerted fire and rescue services personnel.

Fire and rescue services personnel reached the spot and fished out Mavin’s body in the early hours of Monday.

Based on the video in Mavin’s cellphone, the Vaniyambadi taluk

registered a case under Section 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC and detained Sudharshan , Arun Kumar , Ajith Kumar and Baavith.