JAIPUR: A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death following a tiff with his friends over money late on Thursday night in the Galta Gate area.
SHO Satish Chand said that the victim was idenitfied as one Bilal, a resident of Pachrang Patti near the Bas Badanpura area.
“We have arrested three accused in connection with the murder. The accused are being interrogated for their alleged involvement in the case,” he said.
The accused were identified as Farman, Irfan and Sohel. Police said that the incident took place sometime before Thursday midnight when Bilal and his friend Aadil had a heated argument with another group of their mutual friends over the money, the quarrel escalated quickly when one accused took out a knife and began stabbing Bilal.
Bilal was killed on the spot after he sustained multiple injuries around his neck and head. “All persons involved in the case were addicts. They possibly had some scuffle over who will pay for the drugs when one of them began attacking the other,” Chand said, adding that an FIR was filed in the case and the body was handed over to the family members after the post-mortem.
Police said that the accused had fled from the scene after the murder. CCTV footage was examined and statements of locals were recorded to zero in on all suspects who had gathered at the spot, moments before Bilal was killed.
Satish Chand claimed that Bilal was also booked once by Galta Gate police station in a case several months ago.
