UP Crime Ate eggs and got a bill of ₹ 115… When the young man did not pay, his friends cut him off
Uttar Pradesh News Desk!!! Police have detained a minor and arrested his two brothers, aged 18 and 19, for murdering his 15-year-old cousin after a fight over payment of a bill of Rs 115 for egg curry in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh. Have done. All four had ordered two plates of egg curry and rice at a restaurant. Police said the cousins argued over who would pay the bill of Rs 115 and in a fit of rage they killed Chandan Lal.
Chandan, who was missing from his residence in Ghughuli on Thursday, was found dead in a banana field near Ahirauli village on Sunday. His father Chhotalal had filed a missing complaint. Maharajganj Superintendent of Police Kaustubh said, “Based on CCTV footage of the market and information received from our informer network, we tracked Chandan’s last location to a roadside eatery in Ghughuli. His three cousins were also in the same area at the same time. When we interrogated him, he confessed to killing Chandan.”
“The accused have been identified as 19-year-old Sunny Kumar, 18-year-old Shyam Kumar and a 14-year-old minor,” police said. The minor cousin has been kept in a juvenile centre, while his two brothers are in police custody. The police officer said Sunny told interrogators that whenever they went to an eatery, either he or Shyam would pay.
The cousins told the police, “When Chandan was asked to pay the bills, he would always refuse. That day also Chandan used the same trick, resulting in a dispute between them. We lost our temper, cut his throat and threw the body in the bushes of Ahiroli.”
–IANS
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