Man murders friend for refusing to drink liquor

Indore, June 8: A man allegedly smashed his friend's head with a stone in Chhatripura area on Wednesday night for not accepting his offer to drink liquor with him. The accused was arrested within hours of the incident.

The deceased has been identified as Prakash alias Pappu Mali, a resident of Samajwadi Nagar. He was found lying behind the Vaishnav Polytechnic College at around 11.30 pm.

According to police, Raj alias Badshah allegedly killed Prakash when the later refused to drink with him. The accused is the resident of Mali Mohalla.

Prakash and Raj met in the jail around three years ago and became good friends, the police said.

Police said the incident came to light when a few passersby noticed a body lying on the road just behind the college and informed the police at around 11.30pm about the scene. The police soon swung into action and claimed to have cracked the case within few hours.

Police arrested Raj after getting information that he was seen with Prakash in the area a few hours ago. During the interrogation, Raj reportedly confessed to killing Prakash. As per police, Prakash was waiting for his brother behind the college when he ran into Raj, who was passing from there.

Police said Raj offered drink to Prakash, which he refused. Raj took the refusal otherwise and pushed him on the road. He reportedly crushed his head by stone and escaped from the scene.

The police registered the case under the section 302 of the IPC.

Another body found

In another incident, a body was found lying under mysterious circumstances near Palasia square in wee hour of Thursday. The body was half-burnt and head bore injury marks.

The incident took place in Harijan Colony just behind a local hotel when few people noticed the body lying in a pool of blood and body parts burnt. Police reached the spot immediately. The police found hands, face and some parts of the body burnt while there was a deep injury mark on the victim' skull and he was bleeding from there. However, the police refused to consider it as a murder.