Youth stabbed to death in drunken brawl in Balapur

A late-night drunken brawl claimed the beingness of a 20-year-old scrap picker successful Royal Colony, Balapur, successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday.

The deceased was identified arsenic Murshid Alam, a nonmigratory of Royal Colony. Police said Murshid and the accused, 18-year-old Abdullah, who besides works arsenic a scrap picker and lives successful the aforesaid locality, were drunk erstwhile an statement erupted implicit a trivial issue.

According to Balapur Inspector M. Sudhakar, the quarrel rapidly escalated, prompting Abdullah to spell to his location and instrumentality with a knife. He allegedly attacked Murshid, inflicting fatal injuries and sidesplitting him connected the spot, earlier fleeing the scene.

The incidental was reported astatine astir 1.45 a.m., pursuing which the Balapur constabulary rushed to the spot and shifted the assemblage for postmortem examination.

A lawsuit has been registered, and efforts are underway to hint the accused.