This Article is From Mar 07, 2011

Bhopal: Two murdered over a cricket match

Bhopal: It started with a cricket bat, but ended with a sword, and bloodshed. In a shocking incident in Bhopal, two boys, Vishal and Rishabh, were killed over a dispute in a friendly cricket match.

Cricket was Vishal's passion, and every evening, the engineering student played with his friends Rishabh and Deepesh in his neighbourhood.

On Saturday evening, after Vishal and Rishabh's team lost, there was an argument, and Deepesh slapped Rishabh. Sometime later, Vishal, Rishabh and two others went to Deepesh's house to settle scores. There was a violent confrontation, with swords and sticks, and Vishal and Rishabh died on the spot. The other two are seriously wounded, and in hospital.

The police have filed two FIRs. "We have filed a case of illegal trespassing and causing grievous injury with sharp weapon against four people, out of which two are already dead. We have also filed a case of attempt to murder and murder against Ram Snehi and his sons," said A K Pandey. Additional Superintendent of Police, Bhopal City.

Both families are still in shock - unable to understand how a game of cricket could have such a horrific end.
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