Teen cycle thief turned rapper killed by brother over money in Nagpur | Nagpur News

NAGPUR: A 19-year-old self-styled rapper, facing several offences of theft and burglary, was stabbed to death by his younger brother during a fight at their home in Aradhana Nagar in Bidgaon. The altercation was reportedly over relentless mental and physical torture by the victim for money.
The body of the victim, Mayur Uke, was found just behind his residence on Friday morning.It took more than 12 hours for the police to crack the case as the suspect, Karan, kept on changing his statements. The role of their mother, Gunvantabai, is also under the scanner.
Sources said Mayur, who was a known cycle thief, had compelled his mother to part with ₹1,000 on Thursday, before leaving home at 11am. The family initially claimed Mayur had returned at noon but again left home and did not return. They were alerted about his body on Friday, the family first told police.
Later, Karan broke down and spilled the beans, claiming he had wrenched the knife from Mayur, who wanted to kill him, and instead killed him. After Mayur collapsed, Karan told police, he dumped the body where the neighbours spotted it.
Senior officials believe the murder took place inside the room, which was later cleaned by Karan and his mother. The cops had doubted Karan’s version as the bathroom too had been cleaned. Despite police and forensic teams searching with infra-red lights, no trace of any blood stains had been found in the rooms.
Gunvantabai, who works as a labourer, had denied any involvement for 12 hours. Karan was finally rounded up by Wathoda police amd spilled the beans.
It’s learnt Mayur was under police surveillance as he was involved in theft cases in the past. On Pola, the cops had made a routine visit to his residence to inquire about his whereabouts. Sources said Mayur was a habitual gambler and stole to get money. Police claim to have recovered 31 stolen cycles from Mayur, who had a social media account as a rapper. Mayur was called ‘rapper’ by his friends after he tried to imitate the styles of popular singers of the genre. Apart from Wathoda police station SI Harish Borade, Zonal DCP Archit Chandak and DCP crime Rahul Maknikar were also at the murder spot until the case was detected.