Man doesn’t get an omelet and kills colleague – Times of India

COIMBATORE: A 47-year-old private security guard was arrested Wednesday on charges of murdering his colleague for allegedly not cooking him an omelet in their room Nehru Nagar in Orattukuppai, nearby Chetipalayam in Tamilnadu. The suspect and the victim worked for a private security company. They shared a room rented by the company with three other colleagues.
The housemates took turns cooking every day. On Tuesday morning it was the turn of Joseph Kurian (47) from Vaikom, Kerala, to cook. While Joseph cooked an omelette for himself, he did not make omelettes for his co-workers A sheriff (50), P Vinoth (59), Santhosh (45) and Sivaraman (48), all from Thrissur, Kerala.
While Sherif and Joseph were drunk and in the room around 8:30 PM, the former questioned Joseph for not cooking omelettes for the others in the morning.
A heated argument ensued between the two. In a fit of rage, Joseph grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed Sherif in the abdomen.
Sherif was rushed to a private hospital in Malumichampatti where first aid was administered. He was referred to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH), where he died on Wednesday morning. After an autopsy, the body was handed over to relatives. Chettipalayam police registered a murder case against Joseph and arrested him on Wednesday evening. He was produced before a judicial magistrate in Slur on Thursday and remanded in Coimbatore Central Jail.