Man kills friend in drunken brawl
TNN | Feb 26, 2019, 04:28 ISTCoimbatore: Police on Monday arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with murder of his friend at Madukkarai Market Road in the city.
Police identified the deceased as S Biji, 21, a resident of Ooty, who was a student at a private college here. “On Sunday night, after consuming liquor, Biji and his friend J Mujipur Rahman were roaming around the city on a two-wheeler. They stopped near Madukkarai Market Road and were having a conversation. At one point, Rahman tried to take cash from Biji’s pocket. When Biji resisted, a dispute broke out and Rahman, suddenly, hit Biji on his head with a rod,” an investigating officer said.
Passersby took Biji to a hospital nearby and alerted the Podanur police. Initially, they filed a case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, when Biji died on Monday morning without responding to treatment, the police altered the case to Section 302 (murder) of IPC and arrested Rahman. He was later produced before the judicial magistrate and was lodged at the Coimbatore central prison. tnn
Police identified the deceased as S Biji, 21, a resident of Ooty, who was a student at a private college here. “On Sunday night, after consuming liquor, Biji and his friend J Mujipur Rahman were roaming around the city on a two-wheeler. They stopped near Madukkarai Market Road and were having a conversation. At one point, Rahman tried to take cash from Biji’s pocket. When Biji resisted, a dispute broke out and Rahman, suddenly, hit Biji on his head with a rod,” an investigating officer said.
Passersby took Biji to a hospital nearby and alerted the Podanur police. Initially, they filed a case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, when Biji died on Monday morning without responding to treatment, the police altered the case to Section 302 (murder) of IPC and arrested Rahman. He was later produced before the judicial magistrate and was lodged at the Coimbatore central prison. tnn
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