Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In a shocking case, three friends allegedly slit the throat of their companion and bludgeoned him to death early Saturday morning over suspicion that he was having an affair with mother of one of them.

Acting swiftly, Habibganj police arrested all three accused — Ranjit Thakur, a resident of Shyam Nagar, and his aides Vinay Yadav and Nikhil Yadav of Chuna Bhatti — and sent them to jail.

Police identified the deceased as Ashish Uikey, 25, a painter living in Shyam Nagar Multi under Habibganj police station limits. His body was sent for postmortem, and a murder case has been registered against the accused.

Habibganj police station in-charge Sanjeev Choukse said Ranjit suspected his friend Ashish of having an affair with his mother. The suspicion had caused tensio

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