One cigarette stick cost the life of 15-year-old Ajay, who lived in Shiv Vihar area of Uttam Nagar with his family and worked in a footwear shop. He was stoned to death by two of his juvenile friends after he refused to give them a cigarette. The incident occurred on Thursday night and both the juvenile were detained and sent to correctional centre.
The incident took place when the deceased. Ajay along with his two friends had gone to the fields for nature’s call where one of the juvenile asked him for a cigarette which Ajay was smoking.
“When Ajay denied, then his friends indulged in a scuffle with him. They allegedly picked up a stone and slammed it on Ajay’s head. They hit him a few more times to make sure that he was dead,” a senior police officer said.