One Bihari Migrant Flower Seller identified as Ragunath (32) of Local Matiarpura Mohalla was reportedly murdered brutally with sharp-edged weapons (Datar) by his own friends including his nephew Rajiv in the local Guru Nanak Nagari in Sadar Police station Phagwara this afternoon. Phagwara SP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said the accused took away the motor cycle of the deceased. SP said that the deceased and the killers went to the quarter of another flower seller Vinod Kumar and sat together and started consuming liquor.
Meanwhile, Vinod went to his flowers fields for his job and the other four continued their liquor party. Vinod told the police that he saw his quarter locked from outside after his return back from the job. The dead body of the deceased was found in a pool of the blood. SHO Ravinder said, some brawl between the deceased and the killers while drinking was said to be the cause of murder. SP Khakh said that the police has registered case under section 302/34IPC against the accused and sent the dead body to local civil hospital for post-mortem examination. UNI