Fatal 2024 Kitchener Road brawl: Man jailed 17 months for using chair to hit victim of knife attack
Pradave Shashi Kumar, 22, was the first of four accused persons to be dealt with in this case.
A man named Pradave Shashi Kumar, aged 22, has been sentenced to 17 months in jail following a fatal brawl on Kitchener Road, Singapore, where he used a chair to hit a victim of a knife attack. On September 22, 2024, Kumar was among four individuals accused in the case, with the others being Muhammad Sajid Saleem, 24, who faces murder charges, Satish Jason Prabhas and Kirrthik Roshan Prem Ananth, both 23, who are accused of rioting.
The incident occurred after the group of four and two women left a club in Golden Mile Tower to continue drinking at a pub in Sam Leong Road around 4 am. They arrived at the pub and later entered a back alley where they encountered a group of eight men engaged in an argument with three women. Satish Prabhas exchanged words with one of the men before engaging in a physical altercation.
This prompted the brawl, involving Pradave Kumar, Satish Prabhas, and three others from the group, which then moved towards the back alley heading towards Verdun Road.
Witnesses reported seeing Sajid Saleem holding a small knife, measuring 7.5 cm, with the blade facing downwards when the fight erupted. Pradave Kumar, Sajid Saleem, Satish Prabhas, and Kirrthik Ananth caught up with the group that was fleeing. Kumar was the first to be arrested, apprehended at around 5.15 am the following day. According to prosecutors, Kumar saw Sajid slash Dhinessh Vasie, the victim, and the latter slowed down, eventually stopping at a coffee shop on Verdun Road and Sam Leong Road intersection, allowing Sajid Saleem to catch up with him.
Kumar allegedly stabbed Dhinessh in the upper back with the knife, while Kirrthik Ananth grabbed a chair from the coffee shop and hit Dhinessh repeatedly. Kumar also picked up another chair and hit Dhinessh's head and chest twice, despite Dhinessh being motionless and not retaliating.
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