Drunk youth murders friend in Coimbatore
Nivedha Selvam | TNN | Updated: Feb 25, 2019, 19:24 IST
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police on Monday arrested a 22-year-old youth for the murder of his friend.
The accused has been identified as J Mujipur Rahman of Echanaari. He murdered his friend, S Biji, 21 of Ooty, who was studying in a private college here.
On Sunday, Rahman and Biji went out to consume liquor. After consuming liquor, they were riding on a two-wheeler aimlessly.
They stopped the two-wheeler on the Madukkarai market road. In the middle of a conversation, the accused attempted to take cash from Biji’s pocket.
A fight broke out between them when Biji resisted. Rahman hit Biji on his head with a rod, inflicting severe injuries on him.
Passersby rushed Biji to a nearby hospital and alerted the Podanur police.
On Monday morning, he died in the hospital without responding to treatment.
The police registered a murder case against Rahman and arrested him. He was remanded in judicial custody.
The accused has been identified as J Mujipur Rahman of Echanaari. He murdered his friend, S Biji, 21 of Ooty, who was studying in a private college here.
On Sunday, Rahman and Biji went out to consume liquor. After consuming liquor, they were riding on a two-wheeler aimlessly.
They stopped the two-wheeler on the Madukkarai market road. In the middle of a conversation, the accused attempted to take cash from Biji’s pocket.
A fight broke out between them when Biji resisted. Rahman hit Biji on his head with a rod, inflicting severe injuries on him.
Passersby rushed Biji to a nearby hospital and alerted the Podanur police.
On Monday morning, he died in the hospital without responding to treatment.
The police registered a murder case against Rahman and arrested him. He was remanded in judicial custody.
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