Overview
- The clash began over a request to read the LED route display inside an MTC bus near Tambaram on route 70-G.
- After the conductor told the 74-year-old to change seats, the accused allegedly pulled him back, strangled him, and punched him until he collapsed.
- The driver stopped the bus and passengers took the man to a nearby hospital in an autorickshaw, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
- Fellow riders caught the 25-year-old as he tried to flee and handed him to Chromepet police, who arrested him on murder charges and said he appeared intoxicated.
- Police identified the victim as Chandrasekaran of Padappai and the suspect as Amarnath of Villupuram, and said the investigation is ongoing with the accused now in judicial custody.