BHOPAL: A run of terror to save his life killed a 21-year-old youth in a Bhopal locality in the wee hours of Thursday.
Police say Raja Rine was partying with a group friends when they got into a quarrel with residents of Parwa Kheda area in Nishatpura over causing too much noise in the pre-dawn hours. The group started running, fearing they would be beaten. Raja was found dead after running for 2km.
The short post-mortem report revealed that his heart had expanded due to low oxygen levels while running and suddenly stopped beating, said police. There were no injury marks on his body, so the youths who were chasing Raja and his friends were cleared of his death, said police.
Investigating officer SI Swami Nath Yadav said Raja lived in Motilal Nagar in Nishatpura. On Wednesday night, he joined the birthday party of a friend, Rasheed, in Parwa Kheda. From there, the group of five moved to Motilal Nagar square in the same locality to continue with the party and then to Badwai Jod. Here, at 4am, they parked their SUV in a residential area and went on partying, said SI Yadav
A resident named Shawez approached them to ask why they were disturbing the entire area so early in morning. Finding him alone, the group began misbehaving with Shawez and he called his brother for help, said SI Yadav. Shawez’s brother rushed to his side and a quarrel broke out. In the faceoff, the SUV was damaged.
Realising that the situation was out of control, Raja and his friends began running to save their lives, said the SI. After sprinting for around 2km, Raja stopped to drink water from a hand-pump near his house. While gulping water, he collapsed on the road where his friends found him unconscious, said Yadav. They took him to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared him dead and informed police.
Nishatpura SHO Mahendra Singh Chouhan said a case of assault was registered on the complaint of one of Raja’s friends, but the accused “hadn’t even touched Raja during the dispute”. He died after running a few kilometres and police investigation is on, he said.
