Man clubs friend to death in fight over petty issue

Vadodara: A 45-year-old man was arrested by Fatehgunj police on Tuesday for allegedly clubbing his friend to death. The accused identified as Joel Rajput works in a security agency. The police said that Joel was friends with the deceased Rakesh Christian (35) for the last few years.
“On Monday afternoon, they had some heated arguments over a trivial issue after which Christian left the spot and went to his house in the Nizampura area.Joel reached Christian’s house in some time and found him sleeping.
The accused then attacked Christian, who is a casual labourer, with a spade,” said ACP P H Bhesania. Christian received severe injuries on his head and died on the spot.
The police said that the mother of the deceased and sister were away celebrating Rakshabandhan.
When they returned in the evening, they found Christian lying in a pool of blood,” Bhesania said.