A 25-year-old youth was allegedly killed by four persons, for demanding money from one of the accused at Indra Nagar under Aishbagh police station late on Friday night.
The victim identified as Javed Khan, a resident of Shahjehanabad, was stabbed to death several times by his ‘friend’ - Chhota Munna and along with his three other friends on Friday night for demanding money which Munna had borrowed (Rs 300) from the victim sometimes back.
A police officer said Javed had gone to demand the borrowed money back from Javed but he was abused and roughed up by the main accused and his friends. During the fight, the victim was stabbed with a sharp edged weapon in his stomach. The victim was then rushed to Hamidia Hospital where he died after few hours while undergoing treatment.
The four accused were identified as Zahid, Chhota Munna, Bada Munna and Farooq. After the attack the accused escaped the spot and are still missing.The police have registered a case under Section 307 of the IPC and the officials claimed that the case would be converted into Section 302 of the IPC, after it has been confirmed that the victim has died.
Police said that the accused and victim were acquainted with each other. The search for the accused has been intensified and the accused would be nabbed soon.
Meanwhile, the family members of the victim staged protest demanding compensation for the family at Bhopal Talkies Square by keeping the body of the deceased but were pacified later after the intervention of police officials.