Hyderabad, Feb. 28 -- Five gang members were arrested on Friday, February 27, for the murder of Rushab Agarwal in Mangalhat two days earlier, who was killed because the prime accused suspected he had been sent by a rival gang to eliminate him.

The suspicion was triggered by a chance conversation. Rushab had recently been introduced to Munna Singh, a real estate businessman and the prime accused, through Laddu Singh. During one of their conversations, Rushab told Munna that he had been in Cherlapally Central Prison, where he had shared time with a member of a gang that was a rival of Munna's stepfather.

Munna grew convinced that Rushab had been sent to kill him. He then had Rushab lured to a meeting, kidnapped and tortured for informatio...