As per an investigation, the two men were close friends (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights On Wednesday, the dead body of a man was found on a hill in Pune An investigation revealed that the man used to work as a labourer According to the police, the man was murdered by his friend for constantly demanding sexual favours

Pune: The charred body of a labourer was found in Vadgaon Budruk on Wednesday. An investigation revealed that the body was of a man named Bandu Niranjan Ingle and he had been murdered by his friend.

The accused, identified as Virendrakumar Rammilan Singh is a native of Uttar Pradesh. Rammilan and Bandu used to work as labourers at the Sinhagad college.

Deceased constantly demanded sexual favours

As per an investigation, the two men were close friends. Bandu had allegedly been demanding sexual favours from Rammilan. Irked at Bandu's behaviour, Rammilan decided to murder him.

Accused stabbed friend, set him ablaze

On Wednesday, Rammilan took Bandu to a secluded spot on a hill which is located on the bank of an abandoned quarry, the Hindustan Times reported. Following this, he hit his friend's head with a stone and stabbed him with an empty beer bottle. Rammilan did not stop here, he set his friend's body ablaze after pouring petrol on it and fled the spot.

The incident surfaced when the body of the 40-year-old labourer was found on the hill. An investigation revealed that he had been murdered by his close friend. Nandkishor Shelke, senior police inspector of Sinhgad police station said, "We found an ECG report in Ingle's pocket. We studied the ECG report and visited the hospital from where it was obtained. From there, we got the details of the deceased and other details. "

This is not the first instance when a person has taken the law in his/her hands instead of approaching the police. In the past as well, there have been cases where psychological frustration has prompted people to commit heinous crimes like murder.