Piplani police have arrested two persons who stabbed a 24-year-old youth to death late in the night at Indrapuri area over a dispute of Rs 500 between deceased and accused. The locals rushed to the rescue to a youth who was attacked by two miscreants with sharp edged weapon near Bima hospital in Indrapuri and took him to hospital where he died during treatment.
SHO Piplani police Chain Singh Raghuvanshi said that the deceased Mahendra Singh Thakur and accused hold criminal record and habitual offender. In the night on Monday a fight broke between them over Rs 500 which started with a verbal spate and soon accused identified as Mohammad Arif and Bablu Jogi stabbed Mahendra in his chest which resulted in his death.
The accused escaped the spot leaving Mahednra in pool of blood and when he was taken to hospital he was declared dead.
Acting swiftly police rushed to the spot and started investigation. The accused were arrested later in the investigation. Police recovered sharp-edged weapon used in the murder. The body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation. The police registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
After the two accused were nabbed they confessed killing Mahendra and the reason revealed by the two was a dispute of Rs 500 between them which resulted in the killing of Mahendra. During the investigation police found that the deceased was stabbed once in chest which proved fatal for the deceased.