Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - Two Nigerians have been arrested by the Indian Police for the m8rder of a fellow Nigerian, Lucky Ikechukwu Ijeh in Pragati Nagar, Nalasopara East, Maharashtra.
Information released revealed that the 32-year-old Lucky was
m8rdered in the early hours of Sunday, September 21, 2025 by the suspects who
were said to be his friends.
It was gathered that the suspects identified as Ayoola
Babajide Batholomew, 50, Oghene Igere, 47, and Odia Izu Peculiar, 50, smashed a
bottle on Lucky's head following a heated argument.
Odia is absconding and a search is on to find him, police
officers told Hindustan Times.
The Tulinj cops have registered an offence under sections of
m3rder against the three accused.
According to the police, the incident took place at Pragati
Nagar, which is home to a large number of Nigerians.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the three accused were
standing near the Monu Grocery Shop when the deceased arrived there.
The four Nigerians were talking among themselves when an
argument broke out between them over a trivial matter, witnesses told the
police.
The witnesses could not understand their language and did
not know what they were arguing about.
"Soon, the argument took a violent turn, and two of the
accused smashed a glass bottle on Lucky's head and assaulted him with sticks,
causing him to bleed to d3ath on the spot, witnesses told us,” said a
police officer, requesting anonymity.
The police reached the spot after being informed by locals
and arrested Bartholomew and Igere while Peculiar managed to flee from the
scene.
"Based on the statements of witnesses, we registered a
murder case against the three Nigerian nationals under sections 103 (2) and 3
(5) of the Indian Penal Code," the officer from Tulinj police station
said.
"We suspect the accused were rival drug peddlers and
were arguing about some business deal."
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