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Hyderabad: A petty issue over a Rs 20 soiled note at a wine shop turned fatal, claiming the life of a 45-year-old man during Diwali celebrations in Attapur on Sunday.

According to Attapur police, the deceased, M Nagaraju, a car driver, had gone to a wine shop near Pillar No. 140 in Attapur to buy liquor to treat his friends on Diwali. An argument broke out after he produced a soiled Rs 20 note to purchase the liquor. The dispute with the wine shop manager soon escalated, following which the staff allegedly assaulted him. The verbal altercation allegedly escalated into a physical assault, during which Nagaraju sustained a serious injury to his chest and collapsed on the spot. We rushed him to a private hospital, where the doctors, after examination, declared him dead, A Seetiah, SHO Attapur, said.

Following the incident, Nagaraju’s family members protested before the police station and lodged a complaint against the wine shop management, demanding stern action against the accused.

Police registered a case of culpable homicide and reportedly took suspects into custody. The victim’s body was handed over to his family members for last rites after the postmortem at OGH hospital mortuary was completed on Monday.
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