Three held for youth's murder in Jodhpur

JODHPUR: A day after a youth was stabbed to death on a busy road here, city police managed to arrest all the three accused involved in the crime.
Additional DCP Jyoti Swaroop Sharma said the accused had picked up a quarrel with the victim, Iqbal Khan, who was employed as booking window person at a cinema hall. "The matter was also referred to the cinema hall manager, who pacified them.But late at night, the three accused intercepted Iqbal Khan on the road on his way to home and stabbed him six to seven times. They left him in a pool of blood. He was rushed to the hospital but he succumbed to his wounds," said Sharma.
A team headed by Sharma, ACP Rashtra Deep and three SHOs of different police stations started the investigation. "We started with the CCTV footage and the minimal information which the manager could collect when he tried to pacify them in his office. Finally, we managed to arrest one Kapil Sharma and based on his interrogation, we arrested Deepak Singh Sanju and Irshad Ali," said Sharma. The knife used in the crime was also seized.
All the murderers are in the age group of 20 to 25 years and were engaged in petty crimes.