A 19-year-old boy was found murdered near a garage on Bipradas Chatterjee Lane in Shibpur, Howrah, late on Friday, his head bearing a deep injury mark and his throat partly slit.
Mohammad Rayes, the youngest of three sons of a cosmetics dealer, had left home on Friday evening saying he was meeting friends on Park Street. Around 11.30pm, one of his brothers received a call from police saying Rayes had been found with critical injuries.
He was declared dead at Howrah state general hospital.
Cops have arrested four of Rayes’s friends for their alleged involvement.
“An altercation broke out over returning money and turned violent,” an officer said.
On Saturday, the four were produced before a Howrah court that remanded them to five days’ police custody.