Twitter was abuzz on Saturday morning with the hashtag ‘#ArrestKohli’ trending since morning, which is reference to an incident from Tamil Nadu as a 21-year-old man was arrested on Thursday. Police said he had allegedly killed his friend after a drunken brawl over who was a better cricketer – Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli.
Everyone is quite just bcoz he was fan of Rohit Sharma
We Want Justice Modi Ji #ArrestKohli pic.twitter.com/seGvRlQka7
— Harshit (@its_monk45) October 14, 2022
Just shame #ArrestKohli pic.twitter.com/MSQKlHoZ6R
— ٰ (@mujxxhid) October 15, 2022
#ArrestKohli
All Rohit fans are shameless bcuz .why are you trending this trend huh?
It’s not done by kohli himself.know you limits and fck up pic.twitter.com/tbFWoB2nYn— Harshil vasava (@Harshilvasava5) October 15, 2022
He should be arrested on the day itself when he defense the free hit ball #ArrestKohli pic.twitter.com/Ao9tuOdoao
— (@RofiedAyush) October 15, 2022
Chokli Fans ©ancer for our society #Arrestkohli pic.twitter.com/UG4KpQLt8p
— ٰ (@mujxxhid) October 14, 2022
These guys still have no shame after this inhuman activity. They should deserve to go to jail along with Kohli !
Abusive Idol ! Criminal Fans #ArrestKohli pic.twitter.com/qEScjrfyDm
— . (@RofiedAsim) October 14, 2022
The incident involves cricket fans S Dharmaraj, who has been accused of killing 24-year-old P Vignesh, and both hail from Poyyur village in Ariyalur district.
“Both had consumed liquor. As per the initial investigation, Vignesh was supporting Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League (IPL) while Dharmaraj was a Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) supporter,” Keelapalur police said.
“During the course of their debate, Vignesh had allegedly mocked RCB and Virat Kohli. Vignesh had the habit of body shaming Dharmaraj, who was a stammerer. On that day he had made some remarks comparing the RCB team to the speaking difficulty of Dharmaraj. This infuriated Dharmaraj who attacked Vignesh with a bottle and later hit him with a cricket bat on the head. Dharmaraj soon fled the spot,” officials said.
Police later confirmed that Vignesh and Dharmaraj were discussing cricket in an open area near SIDCO Industrial Estate, near Mallur, on Tuesday night, when the latter attackd the former with a bottle and cricket bat.
Police said that Vignesh, who had completed ITI, was awaiting a job visa to fly to Singapore and Dharmaraj was later remanded in judicial custody.
A group of workers who were on their way to the SIDCO factory spotted Vignesh’s body the next morning and alerted the local police.
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