Bengaluru: A 30-year-old auto driver was stabbed to death by his three friends when he refused to get them cigarettes.The deceased, Mohammed Ali alias Mohammed Azhar Beg, was a resident of Halebagalur Layout. Early on Sunday morning the accused, Tabarak, Muzammil and Wahid, who too are auto drivers, had parked their rickshaws near Halebagalur 8th Cross. They called Ali and asked him to get cigarettes for them. As Ali did not bring cigarettes, a scuffle broke out and the trio stabbed Ali to death and fled. The residents who heard Ali's screams rushed him to Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital where Ali died. K.G. Halli police, who have identified the killers, have formed two teams to catch them. “We’ll know the reason behind Ali’s murder after their arrest,” they said.
