Talaiya police have arrested a murderer from Gandhi Nagar area who killed his 22-year-old friend at Saidiya School ground in the night on Sunday; killer was nabbed while trying to flee in the morning on Monday.
Police said that during the investigation accused was tracked in Gandhi Nagar when he was trying to escape in auto rickshaw.
The deceased identified as Faiz Qureshi was sitting with his friend Shafeeq at Saidiya School ground during which they entered a verbal spate and soon it turned violent when Shafeeq stabbed Faiz with a sharp edged weapon in his chest and abdomen. Initially the accused tried to mislead and claimed that the stabbing was accidental and he had not killed Faiz.
The nabbed accused was identified as Saleem Khan. Saleem Khan is a resident of 12 no. stop and has been booked by Shahpura police in the past. Deceased was an auto rickshaw driver while was also worked as driver.
Body was sent for the post mortem and after the preliminary investigation the police registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and started investigation and later nabbed the accused.
In the initial investigation chest injury was found visible which was due to hitting by a sharp edged weapon.
The crime record of accused would be investigated in the further investigation which is yet unclear.
The reason behind murder was not revealed in the investigation.