Man stabbed to death with Butcher’s knife on busy road Hyderabad

Mangalore Today News Network

Hyderabad, Nov 29, 2018 : On a busy Hyderabad street, a man stabbed another man multiple times on his neck using a butcher’s knife till he stopped moving. Several gory videos of the crime have surfaced online and show horrified onlookers watching and filming the murder. One of the traffic cops is seen stopping him, but retreats soon after. Bikers, autorickshaws and some pedestrians also paused for a moment but no one mustered the courage to intervene, NDTV reported.

 

In another video of the same incident, the man, with his clothes soaked in blood, can be seen sitting next to the dead body, ranting that he deserved to be killed.

The murderer Abdul Khaja, 29, owns an auto rickshaw and rents them out for a living. Senior police officer Amber Kishor said that he had a fight with an auto driver Shakeer Quereshi, 30, on one of the busiest stretches in the city near Nayapul in Mir Chowk. Following this, Khaja stabbed Quereshi multiple times on the neck and he died on the spot.

"The accused was has been taken into custody and a case has been registered by Mir Chowk Police under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code," he added.

The body of the auto driver has been shifted to Osmania General Hospital for post-mortem.

The incident is an eerie reminder of a day light murder that took place in Attarpur area of the city in September when two men chased a man on a street in Rajendra Nagar and hacked him to death with an axe in the presence of policemen.