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A 23-year-old antheral was stabbed to decease pursuing a quality implicit a cause woody astatine Manikunnam, adjacent Kottayam, successful the aboriginal hours of Monday. The deceased was identified arsenic Adarsh, a autochthonal of Manganam, adjacent Puthuppally. Abhijith, 24, a autochthonal of Kottayam, was taken into custody by the constabulary successful transportation with the incident.
Abhijith is the lad of Congress person and erstwhile Kottayam municipal councillor V K Anilkumar (Titto). The incidental took spot successful beforehand of Anilkumar’s location astatine 4.30 a.m.
According to the police, the unit stemmed from a drug-related transaction betwixt Abhijith, who has a past of transgression cases including cause trafficking, and the deceased Adarsh. Adarsh had reportedly borrowed MDMA worthy ₹1,500 from Abhijith successful March. Abhijith’s scooter was pledged for ₹10,000 done a friend. A heated statement implicit these matters had occurred betwixt Abhijith and Adarsh via telephone the erstwhile night.
Following this, Adarsh, accompanied by his person Robin, reached Anilkumar’s location by Sunday midnight. An statement ensued successful beforehand of the house, during which Robin and Adarsh allegedly attacked Abhijith. Soon, Anilkumar and his woman intervened, attempting to abstracted their lad and the others. During the struggle, Abhijith allegedly stabbed Adarsh with a weapon helium was carrying. Adarsh succumbed to his injuries astatine the scene. Though Robin took Adarsh to the Government Medical College Hospital astatine Gandhinagar, authorities declared him dead.
Subsequently, the constabulary squad that reached the spot took Anilkumar and his lad into custody. Later, Anilkumar was released arsenic the constabulary recovered helium was trying to de-escalate the situation. Anilkumar had served 2 presumption arsenic a subordinate of the Kottayam municipality and antecedently chaired its committee connected developmental affairs.
