Mumbai: Teenager kills best friend over quarrel for Rs 300 in Govandi

A teenager from Mumbai’s Govandi area killed his bestie over a quarrel for Rs 300 used to buy mutton, said police on Monday.

Police said, 19-year-old Imran Kureshi’s mutilated body was recovered from railways tracks in Govandi on October 9. During the course of interrogation they learnt that his best friend, a minor, murdered him.

Earlier, police believed Kureshi death to be a case of suicide but police restarted investigation after autopsy reports stated that the deceased was stabbed several times.

A senior police officer told News Nation that the minor’s plan would had succeeded in plotting the murder as suicide case if postmortem reports did not reveal the stabbing.

“During course of investigation we got hints that the minor was possibly behind the murder,” said a police officer.

The police officer added that we apprehended him and on questioning he spilled the beans. “He told us that he first stabbed him with a knife and then laid his body on the railway tracks,” added the officer.

The officer further added that the accused had purchased mutton worth Rs 300 from the deceased on Eid. Since the last few days both were engaged in heated arguments and scuffles.