BHOPAL: An 18-year-old youth was murdered by four people, including an old friend of the deceased and three habitual offenders. The youth’s throat was slit. Incident took place in the Ashoka Garden area on Thursday night.
Police claim that an old enmity that started over social media post is said to be the cause of the crime.
Ashoka Garden SHO Alok Shrivastava said that the deceased Ayush resided with his parents near Nehru School, Ashoka Garden. He was a student of class 12 and his father works at the state agriculture department.
Shrivastava said that on Thursday around 10.20 pm Ayush went out for to get Ganesh idol along with his friends when accused Kunal, Rohit, Brijesh and Mayur alias Danny waylaid him near a sweet shop in Ashoka Garden. Before any of his friends could realise, accused Kunal
(19) took out a knife from his pocket and attacked Ayush on his throat.
“The accused slit his throat two times after which the victim collapsed on the ground. All the accused managed to flee the spot. Victim’s friends rushed him to a nearby private hospital where doctors referred him to Hamidia hospital, where he died during treatment.
Shrivastava said that during investigation it came to light that Ayush and Kunal were friends around one and a half years back, but due to a social media post a dispute took place between them and the friendship fell apart. He said that their friends worked out a compromise between the two, but Kunal was apparently still unhappy.
The accused were taken into police custody and it was found that they are habitual offenders. A case of murder was registered against the four accused and further investigations are underway, cop added.
