A quarrel took place between the duo and then Salim shot Arif in his head from point blank range, when Arif called Salim a 'monkey'.
Although Singh had already fired a bullet on Babu, it, luckily, missed the target and hit elsewhere. (Representational Image | AP)
Sambhal: Calling someone a monkey maycost a person's life, going by an incident here in which a remark made jokingly turned serious.
Arif (20) was on Tuesday night shot dead by Salim at a place under Nakhasa police station here when he called the latter, a monkey, inviting his ire.
Additional SP Ram Murat Yadav said that a quarrel took place between the duo and then Salim shot Arif in his head from point blank range when he addressed him as a "monkey".
The body has been sent for postmortem, he said.
( Source : PTI )
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