India, June 18 -- In a chilling case of violence triggered by a personal dispute, the Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai sentenced 31-year-old Mohammad Firoz Khan to life imprisonment for murdering his roommate with a pair of scissors in April 2019. The court found Khan guilty of fatally stabbing Tanveer Mohammad Shaikh after an argument inside their shared living space at a tyre repair workshop.

According to the prosecution, Khan, who often stayed at the Teghi Tyre Services workshop owned by Gulam Rasul Ansari, was known for consuming drugs and frequently returning in an intoxicated state. On April 10, 2019, an altercation broke out when Khan returned late and Shaikh objected to his entry, prompting a police intervention that briefly res...