Man held for killing cousin brother over financial row in Bengaluru

Pramesh S Jain.Yogesh K Porwar

A 31-year-old milk vendor was stabbed to death by his cousin over a financial row in Chamarajpet on Monday.

The deceased has been identified as Vinod Kumar,resident of Chickepte.

Senior officer as,DCP,South Harish Pandey with ACP,rushed to spot and collected the information about the murder.

Senior officer told media persons,Vinod had lent Rs.6 lakh to his cousin Arun Kumar,34,a year ago and the duo used to fight after Vinod Kumar was demanding repayment of the loan.

On Monday Vinod went to Arun house and locked the house from inside and humiliated him in front of his wife and two children demanding the money.

Heated argument ensued when Arun Kumar tried to call the police from his mobile to complain about the harassment but Vinod snatched the phone.

Enraged,Arun took a knife and stabbed Vinod repeatedly,killing him on the spot.

The Kempegowda Nagar police rushed to the spot and arrested Arun and seized the knife for further investigation he added.