A 60-year-old street vendor was stabbed to death by a 23-year-old youth merely because he refused to serve him a plate of chole bhature on
credit. The incident was reported from Sultanpuri area. Gurmeet asked Kashi Ram for a plate of chole bhature. When the roadside eatery owner asked to be paid for it, Gurmeet declined to pay up. Gurmeet whipped out his knife and stabbed Kashi Ram thrice in the abdomen. Gurmeet is a history-sheeter in the area and has a dozen cases of homicide, attempt to murder and robbery lodged against him. locals said a few days ago, he also killed a dog in the locality that had barked at him.
“It was 9 on Saturday morning as usual when my father was at his food stall in Aman Vihar area. My brother Harichand, who assists him, had gone to fetch water at the time of the incident. My father was waiting for his first customer when Gurmeet arrived. When asked to cough up Rs 20 for the chole bhature served, he was miffed,” said Mamta, the daughter of the deceased.
She added that Gurmeet was a local toughie and had a slew of cases registered against him yet police had not taken any action. “He keeps threatening the people in the locality. Police officials apparently turned a blind eye. Police did not reach on time and we had to rush my father to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital where he was pronounced dead,” she said.