A 26-year-old youth was stabbed to death by his friends in Chhola Mandir area over a dispute when they were sitting behind the Municipal Corporation Colony in the night on Tuesday.

Friends stabbed the young man several times. After this, the accused took Hamidia Hospital where when the guard tried to stop them, they pushed him and escaped the spot. Police have registered a case and have raided places in search of the accused.

SHO of Chola Mandi Udayveer Singh Bhadoria told that Sunil Malviya (26) of Shankar Nagar, Chhola Mandir, was murdered by his four friends. On Tuesday night at 9.30, Sunil was sitting behind the Municipal Corporation Colony along with his friends Sunil Guggu, Aman Bachha, Rohit Rajak and Nikki Maurya during which there was a quarrel over something and the friends stabbed Sunil several times in different parts of the body and in a seriously injured condition, the accused were taken to Hamidia Hospital in an autorickshaw where the guard tried to stop but they escaped.

The accused also live near the house of the deceased. Police are looking for the accused.

In the preliminary investigation, the police have found an empty bottle of liquor 50 meters away from the spot, but only after the post mortem report is received details could be revealed.

The auto driver has been identified by removing the CCTV of the hospital. The team raided late at night in search of the accused but all the accused managed to escape by bike from Nawab Colony. Several cases are registered against all the accused in different police stations.

Younger brother Anil Malviya told that Sunil used to work in a garment shop in Lakherapura. Brother got married two years ago and has a one year old girl. The girl's birthday was on 22 May. After marriage, Sunil started to avoid interacting with the accused  as they all were involved in crimes.