A team of the Government Railway Police (GRP) of Ambala Cantt raided a few areas in Delhi in search of the main accused in the stabbing to death of 15-year-old Junaid Khan in a Mathura-bound train near Ballabhgarh in Haryana on 22 June. The accused is absconding.

A senior official from GRP Ambala Cantt confirmed the development but refused to reveal further details, saying it can hamper their investigations.

Police sources told The Statesman that the accused who stabbeGRPd Junaid had boarded the train from Okhla railway station. Police searched several areas in the Capital and questioned a few people. They also checked CCTV footage of some areas.

“We have not arrested the main accused. He is still at large but raids are going on,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police (GRP) Mohinder Singh.

He said several teams have been formed which are raiding Palwal, Hodal and Ballabhgarh areas in Haryana.

“The accused might be a resident of Haryana as on the day of the incident he boarded a train which comes to Haryana,” said Singh.

Police so far have not got any leads from the other four accused who were arrested in the murder case.

The DSP said the accused was a daily passenger of the train in which the incident took place but the arrested accused had not given sufficient information about him.

"Arrested accused claimed that like other passengers they would only talk to him on the train but didn’t know any further details about him,” police said.

Junaid‘s father Jalaluddin told The Statesman that police is doing their job and he was hopeful the main accused would be arrested soon.

Residents in Junaid’s native village Khandawali said his brother Hashim was called by police to help make sketches of the other accused.

Junaid’s father said his other son Shaqir, who was badly injured in the train attack, was not well.

“He has been discharged but he cannot speak as he received stab wounds near his neck. Last night he was quite unwell,” said Jalaluddin.

According to Junaid’s family members, Shaqir went to AIIMS on Saturday and he has been asked to go again on Monday. A local political leader today met Junaid’s family.