After booze session, buddies murder man

Varanasi: A chicken trader Manish Sonekar (26) was brutally hacked to death by his two friends after the trio consumed liquor at a vacant plot on Shivpur by-pass road under the same police station on late Wednesday night. SP city Dinesh Kumar Singh said that one of the accused Suresh Sonkar had been arrested from the spot while the other accused Kaku Sonekar was arrested on Thursday morning. Old enmity between the families of Manish and Kaku is being speculated as reason behind his killing. Manish, a resident of Sonekar basti used to run a chicken shop in local vegetable market of Shivpur area.
Police probe found the entire episode of consumption of liquor and clash between trio recorded in hospital CCTV located along Shivpur by-pass road. Police said that Manish, Suresh and Kaku had gathered on a vacant plot near hospital. After a few minutes Suresh fell unconscious due to excess consumption of liquor. However, Kaku continued attacking Manish with a brick. When Manish fell on ground after suffering serious head injuries Kaku dragged him to another plot and kept him attacking for several minutes. Later, he fled the scene.
After the assailants were also identified with the help of CCTV Manish’s uncle Rajendra Sonekar lodged a named FIR against Kaku and Suresh.
The body was sent for postmortem.
In his complaint Rajendra mentioned that a dispute over eve-teasing between Kaku and Manish led to enmity between their families, although Manish and Kaku had become friends after sometime.