Youth stabbed to death in NW Delhi over trivial matter; four held

Four accused arrested by the Delhi Police for fatally stabbing a 20-year-old man at the Lawrence Road of Rampura in North West Delhi, it said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Wednesday when a verbal altercation between the deceased, Vikas Sahu, and one of the accused, Naveen, over smoking at the Battery Smart Station where the victim worked.

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According to the police, the scuffle turned violent when Naveen returned with four to five accomplices and physically assaulted Vikas leading to the stabbing.

Later, Vikas’s brother, Mithilesh Sahu, and a neighbour, Sanjay, rushed him to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries he sustained.

With this information, a case was registered at Keshav Puram police station under the BNS.

Eventually, the police apprehended all four accused, including a juvenile. The weapon of the offence, a knife, was recovered, along with an E-rickshaw and a motorcycle used by the accused to flee the scene.

Further investigation is underway to establish the complete sequence of events and trace any remaining associates.