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Youth stabbed to death in Mannarkkad

Palakkad, May 14 (UNI) A 42-year-old youth was stabbed to death by a person following a verbal dispute related to the queue at the Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlet, at Mannarkkad in Palakkad district on Wednesday.
According to police, the deceased was identified as K V Irshad (42), who returned from abroad recently and a resident of Ambazhakode in Kottopadam village, near Mannarkkad in the district.
The incident took place around 5 pm at Bevco compound. Irshad and others were standing in a queue of the beverage outlet to purchase liquors, when two persons came on a motorbike. Soon, there was a verbal dispute between Irshad and the other two.
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