History sheeter hacked to death over cigarette row :

Pramesh S Jain

A 32 year old history sheeter was hacked to death while his friend sustained serious injuries when an armed group attacked them over a trivial row for a cigarette in Gangondahalli area in Chandra layout on Thursday.

The deceased has been identifed as Syed Wasim,alias Bodka Waseem of JJ nagar.

As soon as the murder was reported Chandra layout police inspector Brijesh Mathew, ACP UD Krishna Kumar with DCP West Dr Sanjeev M Patil visited the crime scene and inspected the spot and collected information about the incident.

Senior officers with sniffer dog and finger print experts rushed to the spot and collected the evidence they found at the crime scene.

After inspecting the spot, senior officer said, preliminary information says that Abdul sought the help of Wasim to teach him a lesson and the duo went to meet Saifulla.

Anticipating trouble Saifulla called his brother Barkath,who along with his friends came and attacked Wasim and Abdul with lethal weapons.

Passers by taken the profusely bleeding Wasim and Abdul was taken to near by hospital where the doctors declared Wasim as brought dead.

while his friend Abdul was being treated in ICU. According to the police,Abdul, a cloth merchant and friend of Wasim had a fight with his another friend Saifulla over a trivial row two days ago and Saifulla had threaten him with dire consequences.

The Chandra layout police have taken up a case of murder,and attempt to murder and are investigating further and soon the assailants will be arrested.