Kochi: A man was arrested on Monday after he stabbed his friend with a broken bear bottle when the latter refused to give him a lift on his bike following a drinking session at Padamughal near Kakkanad. The arrested was identified as Hashim (27), a resident of Chantakunnam in Nilambur. According to cops, the incident happened on the night of February 23.
“The accused along with victim, identified as Saddique of Wayanad, had a drinking session at bear parlour in Padamughal. When they both came out around midnight, Hashim requested for a lift as Saddique was returning to his rented house on his bike. However, the latter refused and this provoked Hashim, who was in an inebriated condition,” police said.
The accused first smashed the bear bottle on the head of the victim and then stabbed him on his stomach with the broken bottle. The victim is undergoing treatment at the ICU of Kozhikode Medical College hospital. Hashim went into hiding soon after the incident but a team led by Kalamassery Circle Inspector S. Jayakrishnan nabbed him from his hiding place in Nilambur following a tip-off.
