NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old youth died after he was allegedly thrown from the second floor of a house by his friends following a quarrel, Delhi Police said on Saturday.
Amit Kumar Mishra was found dead by his family members on Friday night near their house in Panchkuian in central Delhi, police said.
Mishra, who was preparing for his 10th class exam, was said to have gone out around 9.30 pm with his friends next door for a walk.
“They quarrelled over some issue and Mishra was beaten up. His family called the police realising the situation was going out of control,” a police officer said.
The cops talked with both sides and the matter was sorted out.
“Around 11.30 pm, the boys made called Mishra on mobile phone and asked him to come out. He left the house without informing anyone,” the police officer said.
“Finding him missing, the parents searched for him, only to find him lying in a pool of blood near the house,” the police said.
“The family members rushed him to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital where he was declared brought dead,” Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.
Police said four people were detained in this regard while a search was on for one more person who was absconding.
According to primary investigation, Mishra was allegedly thrown from the second floor of a nearby house by his friends, with whom he had quarrelled, the police added.
