The police have arrested a brother and a friend in connection with the death of a youth at Chettupuzha here recently. The deceased was Shine, 29, son of Shaji Kunnathumkara, of Arimbur.
According to the police, Shine was brought to a hospital with critical injuries by his brother Sherin and friend Arun on Sunday. They told the hospital authorities that Shine had fallen from a motorbike. However, the post-mortem report indicated that heavy blow by a hard object had led to Shine’s death. During interrogation, Sherin confessed that he hit his brother on the head with his helmet following an argument.
Shine was a painting worker at Tiruchirappalli. He had come down to Thrissur on leave on Sunday. As there was a bus strike on the Thrissur-Kanjani road, Shine had asked his brother to pick him up from Thrissur, the police said.
