Chennai: Police arrested a 21-year-old man who hurled a molotov cocktail into a house in Erukkancheri to threaten his friend’s landlord on Friday.
Police said the suspect P Karan, from Vyasarpadi threw a molotov cocktail into the house of his friend’s landlord, Abdul Rasheed, 65. Hi friend, Prakash, stayed on rent in the same building as his landlord.As Prakash had defaulted on three months’ rent, Rasheed’s wife asked him to pay the money.
Prakash complained to Karan about his landlord pestering him for rent. An enraged and drunk Karan hurled a petrol bomb into Abdul Rasheed’s house in retaliation.
Police said that a washing machine and a few clothes were gutted in the fire. Rasheed lodged a complaint. Karan was arrested and remanded in judicial custody. tnn
Police said the suspect P Karan, from Vyasarpadi threw a molotov cocktail into the house of his friend’s landlord, Abdul Rasheed, 65. Hi friend, Prakash, stayed on rent in the same building as his landlord.As Prakash had defaulted on three months’ rent, Rasheed’s wife asked him to pay the money.
Prakash complained to Karan about his landlord pestering him for rent. An enraged and drunk Karan hurled a petrol bomb into Abdul Rasheed’s house in retaliation.
Police said that a washing machine and a few clothes were gutted in the fire. Rasheed lodged a complaint. Karan was arrested and remanded in judicial custody. tnn