Youth hacked to death by friends over petty issue

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: A youth was allegedly hacked to death by his friends with a machete in the wee hours of Sunday on the 80 Feet Road in Hanumantha Nagar in the city.

The deceased was identified by the police as Vijay, 21, a resident of Srinivas Nagar in Bengaluru.

The incident took place around 2 am near the Srinivasa Nagar bus stand when the friends including Vijay were returning in an autorickshaw after celebrating New Year's Eve at a party.

According to the police, an argument broke out between the friends over a petty issue which took a violent turn.

The police who inspected the spot following the incident, said that the friends indulged in a fight while travelling in the auto-rickshaw.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Vijay was attacked with a machete following which his friends pushed him from the moving auto-rickshaw.

Vijay suffered multiple cut injuries and fell near the bus stand.

He died on the spot, the police said suspecting that the youths were in an inebriated state during the fight.