The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Petty row proves fatal for petty vendor

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Petty row proves fatal for petty vendor

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: A dispute over sharing of space for sleeping on a pavement led to the alleged murder of a roadside vendor at Bandimet, a stone's throwaway from Monda Market police station, on Thursday night.

M. Papaiah (33), a native of Warangal district, used to sleep on the pavement after selling soda bottles everyday. However, Venkateswarlu (39), a mason, picked up a quarrel with Papaiah after he refused to give some space on the pavement to sleep.

Though passers-by tried to pacify them, Venkateswarlu threw a boulder on Papaiah, resulting in severe head injuries. Papaiah was rushed to Gandhi Hospital where he died later.

The police arrested Venkateswarlu.

One murdered

An unidentified person was allegedly murdered at an isolated place near Malkajgiri railway station on Thursday night. The man was clad in blue shirt and dark blue trousers. Residents told the police that two scooter-borne miscreants allegedly murdered the man by bludgeoning his head with a boulder and fled from the scene.

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