Police were on the lookout for two persons, including a juvenile, who allegedly murdered a youth, one of their acquintances, by slitting his throat near Kinathukadavu in Coimbatore district early on Thursday. The duo also photographed the act and took a photo with the corpse, which they shared on Instagram, police said.

The deceased was identified as S. Aswin (22), a resident of Sikkalampalayam near Kinathukadavu.

According to police, Aswin went to the house of a friend, who resides alone in the locality, on Wednesday night and consumed alcohol with him. Aswin’s acquintances Mathesh (22) and a 16-year-old boy, from the same locality, went to the house and murdered him by slitting his throat and assaulting him with a hammer around 1.45 a.m. on Thursday. Aswin’s friend was asleep under the influence of alcohol in another room of the house when the crime took place, said police.

The duo recorded a video of them assaulting Aswin with the hammer and took a photo with the body. The photo and videos were shared on Instagram.

On information, the Kinathukadavu police rushed to the spot, recovered Aswin’s body and shifted it to hospital for a post-mortem examination.

The police, who have registered a case for murder, said that efforts were on to trace the two. Though the motive of the crime was yet to be known, it is suspected that the duo murdered Aswin allegedly for advising them not to create nuisance in the locality under the influence of alcohol.

Published - August 06, 2026 09:52 pm IST