Ansh had tried to stop accused from sending lewd messages to friend,say relatives

According to a family friend,a girl,who was a common friend of Ansh and the boy,had approached him after she started getting lewd messages on her phone and through a social network site from a boy in the locality. “She had approached the police with a complaint on the matter last week,and informed Ansh about it as well,” said the friend. “Ansh sent the boy a text message,asking him to stop sending such messages to the girl. The boy then asked Ansh to meet him outside a college in the locality,” the friend added.

Ansh,according to the family friend,had “thought over the idea” and decided to meet the boy. On Tuesday evening,he met the boy-who is now the main accused. The boy was accompanied by a few others from Poonam Nagar,the friend said. An argument broke out and the boy slapped Ansh,the friend alleged.

“When Ansh returned home,he messaged the boy to end the matter,and apologized for having entered into an argument,” said Agarwal’s friend. He,however,left again. According to Ansh’s friends,some boys later picked up Ansh’s brother from his house and took him to the spot where Ansh was being beaten up.

“We are yet to begin our interrogation as we are collecting evidence. We will look into all angles on the case,” said senior inspector Suresh Hujband from MIDC police station.

The incident took place near the Kohinoor Hotel next to the HDFC Bank on the Andheri-Kurla Road at 10:30 pm on Tuesday.

Ansh was a second-year junior college student at a college in Juhu,where most of the accused studied.