27 August,2023 08:39 PM IST | Nashik | mid-day online correspondent
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Two men allegedly killed their 27-year-old friend following an argument over a minor issue in Nashik city of Maharashtra, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
The offence took place at Shivajinagar in Satpur area of the Nashik city on Saturday night, following which the two accused were detained, they said, according to the PTI.
The accused, identified as Samsher Rafiq Sheikh and Deepak Ashok Sonawane, murdered Vishwakant alias Bablu Bheemrao Patil, Gangapur police station officials said.
"Prima facie, the duo killed Patil as he supported one of their friends during a quarrel among them two days ago. On Sunday, the two accused and Patil were drinking liquor at Carbon Naka when an argument broke out over the issue," an official said.
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In a fit of rage, Sheikh allegedly attacked Patil with a sharp weapon. However, the former along with Sonawane later took the victim to a hospital, he said.
The police personnel who were posted on duty at the hospital suspected their involvement and questioned them, following which the accused confessed to their crime, the official said.
A case of murder was registered and the duo was detained, the police said, adding that investigation into the case is on.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, the police have arrested four persons from Shirdi in connection with the case of murder of two men whose bodies were found in June at Kasara Ghat in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday, according to the PTI.
The four accused, arrested on August 24, told the police that the two deceased were allegedly harassing on social media a woman, whom the accused knew, and hence they killed them, a senior official from the local crime branch said, the news agency reported.
On June 19, the bodies of two men were found on different locations at the Kasara Ghat.
The police then registered a case of murder and destruction of evidence against unidentified persons.
During the probe, the police came to know that a complaint of two missing persons was registered at Loni police station in Ahmednagar district, the official said.
The police probe team confirmed that details of the missing persons matched with the two bodies found in Kasara on Mumbai-Nashik highway, he said.
Based on the probe, the police arrested four persons, in the age group of 23 to 25 years, all residents of Ramnagar in Shirdi town of Ahmednagar district, the official said.
(with PTI inputs)
