Parents of Nikhil Chauhan, who was stabbed to death outside a Delhi University (DU) college, are still in shock and trying to make sense of the untimely demise of the young who had big dreams to make a career in showbiz.

 The inconsolable parents of the 19-year-old were seen waiting outside the Safdarjung Hospital mortuary for the hospital authorities to hand over their son’s body to them after post-mortem.

In a video that has surfaced on social media, the victim’s father, Sanjay Chauhan, is seen breaking into tears outside a police station and crying for help, following which he is taken inside by a policemen. Chauhan said his son was an aspiring model.

“I was sleeping at home on Sunday when I received a call around 12 noon from Nikhil’s friends, who took him to the hospital. I rushed to the hospital where doctors informed me about his death. I got to know that Nikhil’s friend Bunty had a scuffle with some people on June 11. Nikhil had intervened and the matter was sorted. However, when he went to attend classes on Sunday, he was stabbed,” he said.

The victim’s mother, Sonia Chauhan, was seen sitting on a bench, with her relatives trying to console her. “My son was an aspiring model and had featured in two video albums. He recently got a call from Mumbai for a shoot, but could not go due to his college exams. He was fond of travelling and we had gone to Kedarnath around

10-12 days ago,” Sanjay Chauhan said.

Nikhil is survived by his mother, father and two brothers. His elder brother is married while the younger one, Nakul, is a Class-12 student.

Nakul said Nikhil always told him if he was involved in a scuffle, but did not say anything about the recent incident.

“He was passionate about modelling. He used to tell me even about any minor scuffle, but did not say anything about the incident that took place last Sunday. We visit Shirdi every year and had a plan to go there on June 23 as Nikhil had his exams from June 16 to 22,” he said.