Ghaziabad: A 22-year-old man from Modinagar was arrested for allegedly murdering his friend with a broken liquor bottle for talking to his sister. The body was found near a tubewell in the fields along Kalchhina-Sikri Road.The man was identified as Shivam, a resident of Vishwakarma Basti, Modinagar. Police said the victim, Vicky (21), had gone out with his neighbourhood friends Shivam and Vikas (22) on Friday but never returned home. They were labourers. The family tried to contact him but his phone was switched off. The next morning, his body was found in the fields of Manki village. There were cuts on his neck and chest.Vicky’s father filed a complaint against Shivam and Vikas and accused them of murdering his son. A murder case was registered against them at Modinagar police station under BNS Section 103(1) on Nov 8.Shivam was arrested on Nov 11. Police also found the broken glass bottle that was allegedly used in the murder. They said Vicky and Shivam were friends and Vicky had started speaking to the latter’s 19-year-old sister. Shivam, however, did not like them coming closer and plotted to kill him.Police said Shivam told them that he and Vikas took Vicky to an isolated location near a tubewell on Kalchhina-Sikri Road, where they made him consume alcohol and smoke marijuana. Once Vicky was intoxicated, the men allegedly broke the liquor bottle they had been drinking out of and repeatedly attacked his neck and chest, inflicting fatal injuries.Following the attack, the suspects allegedly discarded the bottle in a nearby sugarcane field and fled the scene.ACP Modinagar Siddharth Gautam said the suspects had allegedly taken Vicky to the secluded location on the pretext of a party. During the assault, Shivam allegedly stabbed Vicky repeatedly while Vikas helped him pin Vicky down to the ground. Vikas is still absconding.The investigators have added Sections 3(5), relating to common intention, and 238, concerning disappearance of evidence, to the FIR.
