An 18-year-old boy was allegedly murdered in his sleep in the wee hours of Monday morning at Ekta Nagar slum in Wadi Bunder,Mazgaon. The boy who was sleeping outside his house on Sunday night was found with his head smashed. According to the victims relatives,Mateen Mona Sheikh had returned home after work and slept on the ground. The next morning,his aunt Amina Sheikh woke up after neighbours told her that Mateen was lying motionless on the ground with blood oozing from his nose and head. The neighbours saw Mateen only around 7 am,and by then he had already lost a great deal of blood. They rushed him to the JJ Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His aunt does not know much about the victims lifestyle as he remained outdoors for most of the day. She has,however,mentioned that she had seen him in the company of one Chingya,a local drug peddler. While we are yet to zero in on a motive,we suspect that he was murdered over a past fight, said police inspector Bhalchandra Rane,who is investigating the case. The police said they have brought in some friends of the victim for questioning. Mateen was from a village in West Bengal and had come to the city eight years ago for work. He began staying with his aunt Amina,who works as a maidservant and he himself did odd jobs as a wireman and also worked in the fish market. We are trying to trace his friends who might be able to provide us some clue, said assistant police inspector Balasaheb Ghawate.
