30 May 2020  |   06:25am IST

22-year-old youth stabbed to death

22-year-old youth stabbed to death

Team Herald

MARGAO: A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death by two youth from Davorlim on Friday. Both the accused were arrested within 12 hours after committing the crime.

Accused Ismail Mulla alias Chotu (23), a tiles fitter from Davorlim and Sadiq Bellary alias Lolly, a labourer (20) were arrested by the Maina Curtorim Police.

The deceased brother Kabirkhan Kanazade from Chandrawado, Fatorda registered a complaint alleging that the accused assaulted his brother Mujahid Khan with fist blows and stabbed him with a knife in his stomach, leading to his death. 

Mujahid died while undergoing treatment at Hospicio Hospital, Margao. 

During investigation, it was revealed that on May 28 late evening Mohammed Javed (22), a vegetable seller, from Davorlim and the deceased Muzahid were sitting in an open place at Bhagwati Colony, Davolim. At about 11 pm one Sadiq Bellary and Ismail Mulla came on bikes and picked a quarrel with Javed which resulted in a fight. 

In the ensuring fight, Javed assaulted Sadiq with an iron rod on his head and Ismail alias Chotu assaulted Mujahid with a knife and stabbed him in his stomach. Ismail also broke the window panes of the Swift car belonging to Saidu Allabaksha Panwale, brother of Javed who had arrived at the scene and was trying to shift the injured Muzahid to hospital. 

While Mujahid Khan succumbed in the hospital, Sadiq who was also injured in the fight was discharged after medical treatment. 

Accused Ismail Mulla and Sadiq Bellary were arrested and booked under Section 302 of IPC, while Javed was arrested under Section 326 IPC for assaulting Sadiq on his head with a rod. 

Accused Ismail Mulla and Sadiq Bellary have been remanded to 4 days police custody.

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