Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Sep 17: A youth who was stabbed during a scuffle with friends on some frivolous issue on Thursday, breathed his last at a hospital here on Saturday September 16. Relating to the incident, four friends of the youth have been arrested by the personnel of city police station at Kankanady.

Nisarga (19), a resident of Kodical Shivanagara in the city, lost his life in this manner. His friends, Puneeth alias Pachchu from Veeranagara, Padil, Sharath and Nikhil, both of whom belong to Kannur Hosagadde Perla, and Prakash Shetty from Kodical Shivanagar stand arrested for the crime.

Nisarga, accompanied by his four friends, had visited Attavar to watch Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations there on the night of September 14. When returning from the programme, the friends had a skirmish over a petty issue near Padil railway bridge, it is said. The subject matter of fight was ganja and making fun of others by Nisarga, it is learnt.

After the quarrel aggravated, the friends attacked Nisarga, it is said. During the fight, one of the friends, Nikhil, drew out his knife and stabbed Nisarga, inflicting serious injury to him, it is said. The youth had been immediately admitted into a private hospital in the city but he breathed his last on Saturday.

The operation was conducted by Kankanady city station police inspector, Ravi Naik, and sub-inspector, Rukmayya, under the guidance of city police commissioner, T R Suresh, deputy commissioner of police, Hanumantharaya, and south division assistant commissioner of police, K Rama Rao.