An argument over refusal to fill fuel resulted in the murder of a petrol pump worker at Kukaptally late on Wednesday night.

Around 11 p.m., four youngsters rode in on their bikes to Hindustan Petroleum bunk at Sumithrangar in Kukatpally. By then, the manager Raju and cashier Sangameshwar had closed the petrol station for the day and were busy finalising the accounts.

“The quartet called the cashier who told them that the pump was closed. The youngsters initially requested but picked up an argument with the cashier later,” Kukatpally Inspector K. Purushotham said on Thursday. They were actually friends of Balram, another worker of the bunk.

The youngsters were in inebriated condition and became furious as the cashier made it clear that fuel would not be available once they switch off the machine. Meanwhile, manager Raju intervened and reprimanded the youngsters as they insisted for fuel after closure of the bunk.

The gang left abusing the cashier and the manager, threatening them of dire consequences. Within a few minutes, they returned with seven others. All of them were carrying sticks. They started beating up the cashier and the manager.

Sangameshwar suffered a bleeding wound on the back of his head and collapsed on the ground. The manager too suffered bleeding wounds on his chin. By the time he rang up his other colleagues, the cashier died. Police picked up six of the accused youngsters late on Thursday night.

The four men were inebriated and became furious at

the cashier’s refusal to fill fuel