Tamil Nadu Police arrested a DMK councillor and his aides for beating a soldier of the Indian Army to death in Krishnagiri. The soldier and the DMK councillor had a tiff over washing clothes near a water tank.

Prabhakaran, who was severely wounded in the attack, succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital yesterday.
By Pramod Madhav: A 33-year-old soldier of the Indian Army was beaten to death by a DMK councillor and his aides following a dispute over washing clothes near a water tank in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri.
On February 8, the soldier identified as Prabhu and DMK member Chinnasamy got into a heated exchange over washing clothes near a tank in the Pochampalli area. Chinnasamy, the councillor, along with nine men then allegedly attacked Prabhu and his brother Prabhakaran that night.