Hyderabad: Youth Beaten To Death By Friends Over Ganja Dispute
A 22-year-old man from Pasumamula under the Hayathnagar mandal near the city was allegedly beaten to death by his friends after being lured out of his house in the early hours of Wednesday.
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old man from Pasumamula under the Hayathnagar mandal near the city was allegedly beaten to death by his friends after being lured out of his house in the early hours of Wednesday, reportedly over disputes over ganja transactions and an altercation involving a girl. According to police, the deceased, identified as Nishani Suhas, was addicted to Ganja and also involved in selling it to fund his addiction.
Earlier, when he was staying in Secunderabad, his mother Nandini realized he was going astray and bought a house in Pasumamula to keep watch over him. After losing her husband and getting her daughter married, Nandini had pinned all her hopes on her son.
Police said Suhas was close friends with Rakesh from Secunderabad, Parashuram and Raju from Nadimipally and Pedda Amberpet, and one other person. Since Suhas did not have a mobile phone, he allegedly used one of their phones to chat with a girl on Instagram. He is said to have sent her obscene messages and also to have spoken to her inappropriately. The girl later informed her boyfriend, who was one of their friends, about the incident.
Combined with previous fights over money during their ganja dealings, and his indecent behavior with the girl, they allegedly planned to eliminate him. In the early hours of Wednesday, Parashuram, Raju, Rakesh and another person made an audio call to Suhas’s mother Nandini from Parashuram’s Instagram account as he did not have a phone. When she did not answer, they went directly to the house and took him out.
The group took him to a deserted area on the outskirts of Pasumamula village and attacked him. Suhas who managed to run about half a kilometer in an attempt to escape, however they chased and beat him up brutally and on his genitals until he died.
Police sources said his body was later dumped on a cement bench near the cremation ground on the Pedda Amberpet-Pasumamula road and fled.
Hayathnagar police have registered a case and are investigating. One suspect is in custody and being questioned, while efforts are on to nab the others.
