A Nigerian student has been killed in India by his roommate who also is a Nigerian

Obinna Durumchukwu, a 34-year-old Nigerian
has been stabbed to death in India.
He was allegedly murdered by his roommate
also a Nigerian at their Nalasopara home on
Sunday, March 6.

Times-of-India reports that the victim
celebrated his 34th birthday on Saturday,
March 5, he and his room mate were partying
at their Agarwal Nagri home in Nalasopa.

The party went on till 9am on Sunday. Both
were drunk. They got into a fight and hurled
empty glass bottles on each other. The
roommate picked up one such glass piece
lying on the floor and stabbed Obinna on his
neck. He died on the spot.

Neighbours who heard the screams alerted the
Tuling police. The roommate, whose name is
given as Michal Chukwuma, has been
arrested.
Police said the fight was stirred by a dispute
over a football game. Adding that Obinna’s
passport had expired on January 24, 2016 and
he was staying illegally.
Tulinj police spokesman, Inspector Sunil
Jadhav told PTI that Chukwuma has been
arrested and a case under section 302
(murder) of IPC has been registered and
investigations are underway.