Bantwal: On Thursday evening(January 5) a friendly argument heated up into a quarrel, and boiled over as death in a brutal way, for Nooruddin(45) at Maripalla, who is from Kasaragod but resident since 13 years near Sujir school in a rented house with his family.

Naushad, Imam and Hafeez, who lost their cool during argument and stabbed Nooruddin to death, were taken into police custody, near Thumbe on Thursday evening.

A crowd had gathered at the spot of quarrel, with a black Maruthi Zen car belonging to the deceased, parked at the place.

The issue that created a sudden tragedy, is said to be financial in content, or a drugs deal. Local people said Nooruddin had several police cases involving him.

Bantwal CIP Anil Kulkarni, SI Ravishankar, and a team of policemen rushed to the spot, registered a case in Bantwal rural police station, and proceeded to make investigations into the assassination of Nooruddin to get to the bottom of arguments.