Five arrested for killing CMO staffer
MUMBAI: The Mulund police have arrested five people for allegedly attacking two men with knives and iron rods over a trivial matter and killing one of them.
The police said the injured man, 30-year-old Akash Sable, is stable after undergoing surgery. His friend Akshay Narvekar, 30, died on the spot as the accused stabbed him in the abdomen and hit his head with an iron rod. Narvekar lived in Wagle Estate, Thane West, and worked as an attendant in the chief minister’s office.
The arrested accused include brothers I mran Mahmood Khan, 27, and Salim Mahmood Khan, 29, who run chicken shops in Mulund. The three other arrested men were siblings Farooque Gafar Bagwan, 38; Naushad Ali Bagwan, 35; and Abdul Bagwan, 40. All three work in a private firm.
According to the police, Narvekar and Sable visited Imran’s chicken shop in Kisan Nagar Sunday afternoon, where they fought over payment for their purchase. Later, around 7.30pm, the duo went to Imran’s brother Salim’s chicken shop in Vaishali Nagar, where they quarrelled again until some passersby intervened.
Around 9.30pm, the victims and accused again gathered at a chicken shop. Imran brought a knife from his home and called the Bagwan brothers, who came armed with iron rods and knives. Abdul stabbed Narvekar in the abdomen, while Farooque and Naushad hit him and Sable with iron rods. Narvekar died on the spot, said a police officer.
Imran and Salim rushed both the injured to Jupiter Hospital in Thane, where doctors declared Narvekar dead. Sable was later moved to Sion Hospital, where he underwent surgery. The Mulund police arrested all five accused and booked them for murder.