Yogesh K Porwar & Sunil Lohan
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he Sanjaynagar police have arrested a 24-year-old food delivery executive for killing his roommate on his birthday over a trivial row over girl on Saturday .
The accused Deevesh Hegade,resident of Kidiyur village, Udupi district and working in Zomato koramangala 80 feet road while the deceased Varun kotiyan,native of Udupi and working in a private company as safety manager.
Senior officer told reporters the duo are living in a rented house in Geddahalli and childhood friends and studies together.
Inquiries revealed that Devesh was having a relationship with his child hood friend and classmate who used to come to their house often .
Even though Varun was in relationship with other girl,he started moving closely with Devesh friend which irked him.
On the fateful day Varun invited Devesh his female friend and another friend for his birthday treat and they had dines and drunk at Koramangala before returning home .
Devesh during the party noticed Varun moving closely with his female friend and objected.Upon returning home,the duo argued which took ugly turn when Deevesh pushed Varun on the ground and crushed his head with a hollow brick killing him on the spoot.
A neighbour who was passing by noticed the murder and alerted the police.The police rushed to the spot and within few hours arrested Deevesh for further investigation.