In a shocking incident, two minors were arrested for killing their 18-year-old friend after they got irritated by a laugh in Malad.
According to Mid-Day, the deceased has been identified as Dhiraj Singh (18). The incident took place in Santosh Nagar’s Kanya Pada, Malad East on Saturday evening when the minors aged 16 and 17 killed Singh. The accused and Singh were friends and lived in the same locality. On Friday evening, while partying, they got in an argument after which the minors stopped talking to Singh.
On Saturday when the minors were at local grocery and at the same time Singh was on his scooter, that is when he laughed at the minors when he spotted them. This somehow angered the two boys, who ran to him and got into a heated argument. The argument soon got violent and started beating, punching and kicking Singh. After which Singh fell on the ground unconscious. Seeing Singh unconscious the two minors got scared and fled from the scene. Locals rushed Singh to the hospital where he was declared dead.
The Kurar police have registered a murder case against the two boys and have sent them to a correction home. The cops have said that the 16-year-old is an Std IX student while the 17-year-old had just passed Std IX and had been promoted, Std X.
