A 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a person to loss of life at a railway station after the latter quarrelled with him over a seat in a neighborhood prepare right here, police mentioned on Friday.
The Kurla railway police on Wednesday detained {the teenager} and arrested his elder brother in reference to the assault that happened on the Central Railway’s Ghatkopar station on November 15, an official mentioned.
In accordance with the police, the sufferer, Ankush Bhagwan Bhalerao, boarded a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-bound quick prepare from Titwala on November 14.
In the course of the journey, a heated argument broke out between Ankush and the minor over a seat, and he slapped the boy.
Ankush took the identical prepare to Ghatkopar the following morning and was strolling on platform no. 4 when the teenager attacked him with a knife. He sustained extreme accidents and was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital, the place docs declared him lifeless.
Based mostly on the CCTV footage from the station, the police detained the minor and arrested his brother, who helped him conceal proof, the official mentioned.
Throughout interrogation, the minor confessed to the homicide, revealing he hid the knife on the roof of his home and minimize his hair to keep away from being recognised, he mentioned, including that the teenager has been despatched to a juvenile detention centre.
