Missing lorry driver beaten to death and buried near Sholavaram, two held

Missing lorry driver beaten to death and buried near Sholavaram, two held During interrogation, the two allegedly told the police that an altercation had broken out while they were under the influence of alcohol CHENNAI Two lorry drivers have been detained by the police on charges of murdering a fellow lorry driver during a drunken altercation and burying his body in an isolated area near Sholavaram in Tiruvallur district. The police are planning to exhume the body in the presence of a tahsildar on Saturday morning. The police said the victim Gokul, 28, from Kanniyakumari district, was employed as a lorry driver with a private transport company at Alamathi near Sholavaram. He had been missing since October 7, following which his younger brother, Rahul, lodged a complaint with the Sholavaram police. The police registered a case and launched an investigation.