THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An elderly man dies after being kicked by a scrap dealer.The incident took place today at 10:30 am in Kazhakoottam. 65-year old Nettayakonam native, Bhuvanachandran is the deceased. The police registered a case against the scrap dealer and started investigation.

Bhuvanachandran had come to work in a house in Kazhakoottam this morning. While talking to a shopkeeper nearby, he got into an argument with the scrap dealer. The reason was that he spat near the area where Bhuvanachandran was standing.

During the quarrel, the scrap dealer kicked Bhuvanachandran in the abdomen and he fell down on the ground. The locals nearby took him to a private hospital and from there to the medical college, but his life could not be saved.