Restaurant owner kills youth

Altercation over food bill leads to murder

HYDERABAD:

A youth was tortured and shot dead and two others were injured during a fight at a restaurant near Hyderabad bypass late Monday night.

According to media reports, the hotel owners allegedly opened fire and killed Bilal Kaka, a young man from New Saeedabad and injured his two friends Jani and Mumtaz Sanjrani as a result of an altercation over a food bill at the Super Salateen Hotel near Wadhu Wah, within the limits of Bhittai Nagar police station.

The body of the deceased and the injured persons were shifted to civil hospital where a large number of people gathered and demanded the arrest of the killers.

The heirs of slain Bilal Kaka have alleged that the hotel owners shot and killed the youth and injured his two friends when they inquired about the food bill.

A news channel reported that police had arrested hotel owner Sharif Baba but the case was not yet registered.

The heirs, along with dead body of the slain youth, staged sit-in protest at Naseem Nagar Chowk and demanded registration of the case and arrest of the hotel owners involved in the killing of youth.

Meanwhile, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Amjad Ahmed Sheikh has taken notice of the incident and formed a committee headed by ASP Baldia to investigate the matter.

A police spokesman said on Tuesday that the SSP talked to the victim’s heirs, who were staging sit in protest, and assured them that the incident would be investigated and all the accused would be arrested.

The SSP said, “The entire team of police mobile present at the spot had been suspended and departmental action would be taken against them after investigation.”

The spokesman said, “ As soon as the case is registered, all the nominated accused will be arrested while the main accused has been arrested by Bhittai Nagar Police.”