House owner, tenant clash over rent, booked

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Coimbatore:20.04.2020

A 75-year-old house owner and his 40-year-old tenant were booked for assaulting each other during a quarrel over payment of rent. According to police, A Arul Dhass, of Balusamy Nagar at Rathinapuri, had rented out four of his row houses in the same locality to as many daily wage labourers. “He made a living out of the rental amount. However, his earnings stopped as the tenants, who were out work due to the lockdown, didn’t pay him rent,” a police officer said.

It is to be noted that there was a state government diktat asking landlords not to coerce the tenants to pay the rent. “When Arul asked his tenant V Ravichandran to pay rent, he refused. They subsequently entered into a heated argument and in a fit of rage Arul attacked his tenant with a brick, injuring him. Ravichandran also retaliated by thrashing the house owner severely,” the officer said.