In a devastating event that happened in Tamil Nadu, a 21-year-old killed his friend after a verbal spat about their favorite cricketers. S Dharmaraj, who was allegedly a fan of Virat Kohli, murdered his 24-year-old friend P Vignesh who was a Rohit Sharma supporter. The accused was arrested on Thursday, and it just took some hours for the news to go viral on social media. Later, on Saturday, ‘#ArrestKohli’ was seen trending on Twitter.

Dharamraj hails from Poyyur village in the Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu and so did Vignesh. As per the report, the incident happened on Tuesday night near SIDCO Industrial Estate, near Mallur. It was found after the Police investigation that both, the accused and the victim, were drunk and were discussing cricket before the incident happened.

It has been said by the Police officials that during the argument between the two, Vignesh, who was a Rohit Sharma fan and supported Mumbai Indians in the IPL, mocked his Kohli-fan friend Dharamraj by making fun of RCB and Virat Kohli.

It was found out that Vignesh used to tease Dharamraj often for his speaking difficulty as the latter used to stammer. However, on that particular night, Vignesh made jokes about RCB while relating it to Dharamraj’s stammering. This set Dharamraj raging in anger, and he attacked Vignesh with a bottle and then slammed a bat on his head. Dharamraj then fled the spot. A group of workers saw Vignesh’s body the next morning while they were on their way to work and informed the local police.

‘#ArrestKohli’ trends on Twitter after the Tamil Nadu incident

As the news of the killing went viral on social media, an unpleasant hashtag ‘#ArrestKohli’ was seen trending on Twitter. While some went on to criticize Virat Kohli and posted negative statements regarding the cricketer, some were of the opinion that the star batter had nothing to do with what happened.