Facebook post 'Hai Shishya' to a friend proves costly for youth

 A fight over a petty issue resulted in the murder of a youth in Chikkajala police limits on Monday. 

The deceased was identified as Arun, 21, a resident of Muneshwara Camp at Betta Halasuru.

He had studied till PU and was working in the cargo department at the Kempegowda International Airport, said the police.

 The police have detained Arun’s college-mate Sandeep and his accomplices Bharath and Yogesh for questioning following a complaint by the victim’s mother Amaravathi.

Arun, who was junior to Sandeep in the college, had posted a message on Sandeep’s Facebook account which read: “Hai Shishya” (Hey disciple).

Irked by the act

Sandeep was irked by Arun’s post calling him a ‘Shishya’. He had fought with Arun over the issue. Arun and his friends had thrashed Sandeep in the fight. A fuming Sandeep was waiting to settle the score, said the police.

Meanwhile, Amaravathi, who was worried after the attack, had sent her son to Chennai where his sister stays. Arun had returned to the City on Monday afternoon and Sandeep got to know about Arun’s arrival.

He went to Arun’s house and invited him for a talk and took him to a hotel around 8.30 pm. Amaravathi went in search of Arun when he did not return, said the police.

She raised an alarm as she saw Sandeep and others assaulting her son. However, the suspects dragged Arun into a car and drove away.

Stabbed repeatedly

They stopped the car at Vidyanagar Cross, repeatedly stabbed him, dumped him on the spot and vanished. A few local residents rushed him to a nearby hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead, added the police.