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Mumbai Boy Attacks His Friend With 'Scissor' After A Fight During Cricket Match

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A gully cricket match in Navi Mumbai took a gruesome turn when a 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed another teenager over playing dispute on Tuesday, January 23. The incident took place on a ground in Airoli’s Yadav Nagar area around evening.

As per a report from PTI, the victim was admitted to a nearby hospital shortly after the incident.

Gully cricket turns violent in Navi Mumbai

Around 6:30 pm on January 23, a 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed another 16-year-old kid with a pair of scissors in the neck. According to one of the officials from the Rabale MIDC police station, the boys were playing a game of cricket during which an argument broke out between them.

Their argument soon escalated and took a violent turn before the accused pulled out a pair of scissors to stab the victim in his neck in a fit of rage. The injured boy is actively undergoing medical treatment at a hospital. The official said:

“The boys were playing cricket when an argument broke out between them. It escalated to such a level that the accused pulled out a pair of scissors and stabbed the victim in his neck in a fit of rage.”

Unfortunately, this is not the first violent cricket-related incident to send shockwaves across the community.

Back in October 2022, a man in Tamil Nadu stabbed his friend to death after an argument broke out between them over their favorite cricketers.

As per the officials, the accused, identified as Dharmaraj, killed his friend P Vignesh because the latter had booed Virat Kohli and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise. Dharmaraj, a self-proclaimed fan of Kohli, attacked his friend with a bottle and hit his head with a cricket bat. The police confirmed that both friends were in a drunken state at the time of the incident.