Friends kill security guard in Pune over petty dispute

PUNE: Three friends of a 34-year-old security guard brutally attacked and murdered him with iron pipes over a petty dispute at his tin shed residence on an open ground near Vardhaman Lawns in Bibvewadi around 4pm on Saturday.
The Bibvewadi police have detained one of the assailants. “The three men hit the security guard, Prakash Kanekar, with pipes on his head and other parts of the body killing him instantly. We came to know about the killing after receiving a telephone call from his brother who reached there soon after the incident,” senior inspector Kumar Ghadge from the Bibvewadi police said.
He said preliminary investigations had revealed that the victim and assailants were partying and got into some dispute. “The assailants in a fit of rage attacked Kanekar after the dispute escalated,” Ghadge said.
The victim was staying alone at the tin shed. His wife and children are staying in Market Yard. His brother has registered an FIR under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the officer added.