Youth was killed due to personal animosity related to drug dealing
Commissioner of police Belgaum, Bhaskar Rao in a press meet said,”it was not a communal incident, but an outcome of personal rivalry.”
He was referring to the death of 25-year-old Feroz Pathan at Angol in the city Wednesday night. The commissioner said that the incident occurred when two groups dealing in Drugs had a spat over areas and in the scuffle that followed he was stabbed by a person of a majority community. But this is by no means a communal incident and that it was only the personal ill fighting that led to his murder.
At the same time Commissioner said that this shows that drugs menace is on a very high note and same needs to destroyed.
With regards to the stone pelting issue, 40 Persons have been identified. Out of the 12 people involved in the death of the youth, 6 are in custody and 6 are absconding and special teams are behind them and would be arrested soon.
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