A call centre employee was stabbed to death in a drunken brawl that arose after he was reportedly smoking on the streets on Monday near Chennasandra Circle, Ramamurthy Nagar. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Shashank (25), from Mangaluru, was working at a call centre in the city for the past two years.
Shashank and his two friends, Vishnu and Alex, turned up at a tea shop near Chennasandra Circle at around 2.30 a.m. allegedly drunk. Shashank allegedly blew smoke into the face of Daniel, who was also at the tea shop with his friends, Ajay and Vasudevan.
This sparked off a tiff between the two groups and the police said that Shashank allegedly punched Vasudevan in his face and abdomen, following which an enraged Daniel stabbed Shashank in his chest with a pocket knife.
Ramamurthy Nagar policemen, who were on night patrol, rushed to the spot and shifted Shashank to a nearby private hospital where he was declared dead. Police apprehended Vasudevan and Ajay.
Though Daniel fled the spot, he was apprehended later in the day.
