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Tea shop employee dies in attack

CHENNAI: The cashier of a tea-shop, who was allegedly assaulted by a customer, succumbed to injuries on Thursday.

Police said Askar Ali (45) of Kumanan Chavadi in Poonamallee was working as a cashier in a tea-shop at Kadaperi in Tambaram. Anandan who came to the shop on Wednesday evening picked a quarrel with him.

The wordy altercation resulted in an exchange of blows in which Ali suffered serious injuries. He was rushed to the Government General Hospital where he died in the early hours of Thursday.

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