Hyderabad, August 28: A 20-year-old youth died of a head injury that he suffered after being hit by an iron rod by his friend in Bahadurpua on Friday night.
According to Bahadurpura inspector G Bhiksham Reddy, the deceased Shaik Saddam, used to work as welder along with three other workers – Rahmat, Mohammad and Umair in a shop owned by Quddu in Bahadurpura. On Friday night, Rahmat and Umair started quarrelling on some petty issue. Saddam and Mohammad tried to intervene and pacify them. But in a fit of rage, Rahmat hit Saddam with an iron rod on head causing serious wound.
Saddam was immediately rushed to the Osmania General Hospital for treatment. However, Saddam succumbed to the head injury late on Friday night. The Bahadurpura police registered a case of murder against Rahmat and started investigations.
——-Agencies