Owner of a bar in Madurai arrested for death of two workers

  • | Saturday | 23rd September, 2017

Owner of the recently-closed ‘welfare club’ serving liquor on Kuruvikkaran Salai was arrested by the city police on Friday in connection with the death of two workers in a wall collapse the previous day. While the other two were reportedly absconding, police said that Balachandran was arrested on Friday. The club was sealed in August as per directive of Madurai Bench of Madras High Court for operating in violation of its licence conditions. Balachandran unsuccessfully contested the 2016 Assembly election from Madurai South constituency as DMK candidate. The incident occurred when the plot adjacent to the club, which is under renovation, was being cleaned up by the earthmover engaged by the club.

more-in Owner of the recently-closed ‘welfare club’ serving liquor on Kuruvikkaran Salai was arrested by the city police on Friday in connection with the death of two workers in a wall collapse the previous day. M. Balachandran (54), owner of the club, B. Dileepan Chakkaravarthi, his son, and S. Saravanan, the driver who operated the earthmover that caused the wall collapse, were booked by the Anna Nagar police under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. While the other two were reportedly absconding, police said that Balachandran was arrested on Friday. The incident occurred when the plot adjacent to the club, which is under renovation, was being cleaned up by the earthmover engaged by the club. When the construction debris was pushed towards the compound wall of the club with the earthmover, the wall collapsed and fell on R. Ravichandran (55) and S. Jayakumar (52), who were standing on the other side, killing them on the spot. Balachandran unsuccessfully contested the 2016 Assembly election from Madurai South constituency as DMK candidate. The club was sealed in August as per directive of Madurai Bench of Madras High Court for operating in violation of its licence conditions.

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