Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
In a swift action,the Dabaspet police have arrested a 19-year-old factory employee who stabbed his cousin to death over a row over illicit affair on Thursday.
The accused Naveen resident of Maralakunte and working as labourer in a factory had an affair with a woman in the neighbourhood.
Few months the duo had a fight and the woman stopped talking to Naveen and blocked his number .
Naveen later tried to contact her with his cousin Nagesh, 25, number to patch up.However the woman started having affair with Nagesh which Irked Naveen.
The accused had warned Nagesh to stay away many times but in vain.
On Thursday Naveen invited Nagesh for a party and had a heated argument over this issue again. In the melee Naveen stabbed Nagesh multiple times and called ambulance to and shared the location before fleeing the spot .
The Ambulance reached the location within few minutes and found Nagesh dead and alerted police .
Based on the information,the police tracked Naveen through the call made to the ambulance .
Initially Naveen feigned ignorance but the police analysed his call record details and questioned him in detail which led him to confess to the crime.
The accused has been boked under murder and remanded to judicial custody .