Yesterday the Deonar police have arrested an accused for murdering his accomplice by stabbing him 18 times in a fit of rage.
The duo, Akbar Lahri and Hasin Ansari, had robbed a man of cash last week, but Lahri gave Ansari only Rs 500 from the booty.
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They had an argument over unequal sharing of the cash, and in a fit of rage, Lahri stabbed Ansari in his back with a knife. Ansari snatched the knife and stabbed him 18 times.
On Monday at 7.30 pm, the locals of Maharashtra Nagar compound informed Deonar police that they had found a dead body and an injured man in the nearby bushes.
Wrong lead Assistant police inspector Vijay Amberke from Deonar police station said, &ldquo;We found the dead body of Lahri. Ansari, too, was lying at the spot, badly injured. A case based on Ansari&rsquo;s statement, which turned out to be false, was registered.
According to his statement, the two were playing in the ground when two unknown men tried to rob Lahri&rsquo;s cell phone. They stabbed him when he resisted.&rdquo;
When the cops recreated the crime scene, they found some discrepancies in Ansari&rsquo;s statement and interrogated a watchman who was at the crime stop.
&ldquo;Ansari later confessed to the crime,&rdquo; added Amberke. The accused has been booked under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the IPC. He will be produced in holiday court tomorrow.

Deonar-based duo, who had robbed a man last week, fought over booty and attacked each other in a fit of rage. Cops nabbed accused after recreation of crime scene didn&rsquo;t match with his statement

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