Dispute over Rs.1000: Class 12 student stabbed to death
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Lucknow: Two ‘friends’ stabbed a class 12 student to death over a money-related dispute in Gomtinagar, Lucknow.
The 19-year-old victim, identified as Akash Kashyap died during treatment at a hospital on Sunday.
A police official said that the two accused, named Abhay Pratap Singh and Devansh Kumar have already been taken into custody and further legal proceedings are underway. An FIR under IPC section 302 (murder) has been lodged in this connection.
The incident happened in a room of their mutual friend Avanish Tiwari where a group of four friends were partying.
Akash reportedly had a verbal duel with Abhay over the phone in connection with a monetary issue. As per Abhay, Akash was not paying him back Rs 1,000 which he had borrowed.
The police official said that Akash and Abhay, along with another friend Devansh, got together at Tiwari's place where the verbal duel turned into a confrontation while the group was having drinks.
According to the cop, the confrontation erupted again due to a conversation over the same issue and this time, Abhay turned violent. Akash was first beaten up with a baton and then stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife, causing him fatal injuries.
Later, Abhay and Devansh escaped from the room when the neighbors turned up.
Akash was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.
Deepak Kumar Pandey, inspector of Gomti Nagar police station, said that Akash’s father Jagdish Kashyap runs a roadside eatery near Bhoothnath market of Indira Nagar colony.
With inputs from IANS