KHARGONE: A heated argument over a night-cricket match among boys turned ugly when a a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a youth in Maheshwar town of MP on Wednesday night. The accused had bought the knife from an online e-commerce platform.
The police have arrested four for murder, but stopped short of booking them under the Arms Act, claiming that the knife blade fell within legal limits prescribed under law. The incident took place at at 9pm when one Faizan and Rehan were playing cricket with their friends in Kamani Gate area, Khargone SP Siddharth Choudhary told TOI. A ball hit by Rehan struck one Roshan. Infuriated, Roshan and his friends beat up Rehan with a bat, forcing him to flee. But the attackers caught Faizan & inflicted four deep stab wounds.
