Police said he did it to get a rival rowdy into trouble. Chennai: A mischievous advertisement offering ‘murder-for-hire’ scribbled on the back of a bus seat landed a repeat offender in police net.
During questioning, Hussain told police that he had written the message while he was drunk, as he suspected that Vicky had taken a stolen mobile phone. Officers initially suspected that the number could belong to another rowdy, but the CCTV cameras aboard the bus caught the real offender in action, landing him behind bars. Suspecting that someone had deliberately used Vicky’s identity to implicate him, police examined CCTV footage from the bus. The footage showed Hussain scribbling the message on the seat, helping police identify and trace him. He was subsequently produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.
After a photograph of the message went viral on social media, MKB Nagar police registered a case and launched an investigation. Initial probe led police to one Vicky, a Vyasarpadi resident involved in petty offences. During inquiries, police learnt that Hussain and Vicky had a longstanding rivalry arising from their involvement in criminal activities.