In what has become a shocking incident, a 49-year-old farmer was arrested in Tamil Nadu for murdering his elder brother for not showing any interest in his marriage. The unprecedented act has left a family to lost its breadwinner and the accused to face murder charges. 

According to reports, the incident happened in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district on Friday and the local police had arrested the accused on Saturday. 49-year-old Balakumar was surviving with his two elder brothers, 53-year-old Shanmugavel and 56-year-old Illango. Their parents had died several years ago and it was reported that Illango hadn't shown interest in getting his two brothers married. 

Illango has a wife and two children and for many years, Balakumar had disagreements with his elder brother Illango for not showing interest in his marriage. He was disappointed by his brother's act which had developed a tussle between them. 

On the night hours of Friday, Balakumar and Illango had developed a heated argument over the marriage dispute that took a wrong turn where Balakumar had hit his elder brother Illango with a grinding stone. 

He had hardly hit Illango on his head and the latter had died on the spot. After knowing that his brother had died, Balakumar had reportedly fled from the spot immediately.  The incident happened in East Sembalur village near Pattukottai. 

Following the development, the Pattukottai police had rushed to the spot and conducted an inquiry with the family members. The police had arrested the accused Balakumar on Saturday and filed a case against him under the grounds of murder.