Bengaluru, 29 April

A labourer was stabbed to death in the city by his friend following a heated argument between the two.

The deceased, Pawan, was a daily wage worker from a village Jharkhand. The accused, Ganesh Dhar, also from the same village, was taken into police custody.

The incident occurred at a shed near an under-construction building within the limits of Kadugodi Police Station on 28 April.

According to police, both friends were employed at the construction site of an apartment building. After consuming alcohol, they had reportedly returned to the labour shed, where they watched a film on a mobile phone.

Around 4pm, a verbal altercation broke out between the two over a trivial matter. In a fit of rage Pawan slapped Ganesh. Ganesh in retaliation stabbed him in the chest and ribcage with a knife before fleeing from the scene.

Fellow workers rushed Pawan to a nearby private hospital. He was declared dead on arrival.

The police registered a case based on a complaint filed by the construction site’s supervisor.

Ganesh is being interrogated.