Birthday boy kills friend for smearing cake on his face

Jammu: A celebration on a roadside turned fatal when the birthday boy allegedly attacked and killed his friend with a sharp-edged weapon in Jammu after a dispute over cake being smeared on his face, police said on Friday.

Police arrested the accused and his brother.

Police Post Government Medical College Jammu informed Police Station Janipur that one injured person, Pawan Nair alias “Sameer”, was brought to the hospital by his friends -- John Sotra, Gaurav Singh and Sugandh Bhatti -- and doctors declared him brought dead, a police spokesperson said.

He said a police team from Police Station Janipur rushed to GMC Jammu.

Preliminary enquiry revealed that Neeraj alias “Anshu” was celebrating his birthday on a roadside near Lower Roop Nagar where his friends Sotra, Singh, Bhatti and the deceased were

present.

“Neeraj was accompanied by his brother Rishu. During the cutting of the cake, the deceased Nair smeared cake on the face of Neeraj, triggering a verbal duel. When Sotra, Singh and Bhatti pacified them, Neeraj got enraged, took out a ‘khokhri’ which he was carrying and attacked Nair on his neck, causing grievous injury. The injured was immediately shifted to GMC Jammu, where he was declared brought dead,” the spokesperson said.

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