Hyderabad: The police stumbled on information regarding the death of two more teens, who were friends of Mohammed Nabeel from the Anjesham area.

Police found that Ibrahim Yafai, 17, was apparently killed in a road accident at Barkas, while Mohamed Mufassir reportedly ended his life due to depression four months ago. Both incidents were not reported to the police.

Police is investigating to see of the deaths are linked. “We could not find any strong connections so far. However, it’s baffling why those two deaths were not reported to the police.

After completing one part of the investigation in the Nabeel murder case, we will look into those cases,” said South Zone DCP V. Satyanarayana.

Locals said that another friend of Nabeel had run away from his home a few months ago, but his family traced him after three or four days. What made him run away still remains mystery.

Meanwhile, the acquaintances of Nabeel and his friends said there were two groups among them, ‘Arabian’ and ‘Tiger’. Omar Beig, one of the accused in the Nabeel case, leads the Arabian gang, while Nabeel was a member of the Tiger gang. Main accused Owais, who punched Nabeel, also belongs to Arabian gang, a youngster from Anjesham revealed. He said there was no enmity between the two groups and they were formed just for fun.

Police is also confused about the intention of Owais. The video footage of the incident also showed his friend Sultan whispering something in his ears before the fight. Police is trying to find what he said.

Just before Nabeel’s fight, there were two other combats between Owais and others. However, Owais emerged the winner and challenged more people to establish his dominance.

Police officials said Owais was a reckless driver, and had provoked others by chasing them earlier that day. “Owais had a new bike. When they went to Banjara Hills at midnight, he drove faster than others to provoke them. We suspect they decided to conduct the combat to decide who was superior,” said Mr Satyanarayana.