Three arrested for brutal murder of friend in Gurugram’s Sohna

Three people were arrested for allegedly murdering their friend by smashing his head with boulders during an argument over an old issue while drinking.

Updated on: Jul 1, 2023, 00:11:09 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Three people were arrested from the hills in Sohna’s Kherla village on Friday for allegedly murdering one of their friends by smashing his head with boulders, said police.

The suspects used boulders to murder the victim. (Representational image)

Investigators said that the murder took place in Damdama in Sohna late Thursday night when all four were drinking near a farmhouse.

Naveen Sindhu, assistant commissioner of police (Sohna), said that the deceased was identified as Tony while the arrested suspects were Lalit, Ashok and Dinesh — all aged between 25 and 30 years.

Sindhu said that all four consumed alcohol, after which an argument took place between Tony and Lalit over an old issue.

“Soon the argument turned into an altercation, and they assaulted Tony. The trio picked up boulders from the spot and killed him by smashing his head,” Sindhu said, adding that police learnt about the murder at about 6.20am on Friday when villagers alerted the police about the body.

Sindhu said that after the killing, the suspects fled towards Kherla on a motorcycle and took shelter on the hills.

On complaint of Tony’s elder brother Brajesh Prakash, an FIR was registered under sections 34 (common intention) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Sadar Sohna police station on Friday.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More