Two men were stabbed to death in two separate incidents on Sunday evening in the national Capital. A man was stabbed to death in Central Delhi’s GB Road following a quarrel over petty issue with some men. Another incident took place at Shakarpur area in North-West Delhi where a man was stabbed to death for trying to rescue a woman, who was being beaten by a man.
In the first incident, a 28-year-old man, identified as Ishtiaq, was stabbed to death over grazing the shoulder by a group of three unidentified assailants at GB Road in Kamla Market area on
Sunday, at around 10.30 pm. He worked at a bag manufacturing company in Nabi Karim area and stayed with his family in the same locality. Ishtiaq along with his four friends went to GB Road. He and his friend were climbing the stairs to reach the third floor of a building while a group of three men were coming down the same flight of stairs.
One of Ishtiaq’s friends grazed past a man from another group. Over this, an argument broke out between the two groups. later on, one of the three men whipped out a knife and stabbed Ishtiaq in the chest and arms. Ishtiaq’s two friends however, fled the spot. The attacker also fled the scene. A passerby made the PCR call after which Ishtiaq was rushed to nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
In another case a 25-year-old man identified as Deepak, alias Deepu was stabbed to death by a murder accused after the victim came to the rescue of a girl who was being beaten by the latter in East Delhi’s Shakarpur area on Sunday evening.
Deepak worked as an office boy at a private company in the same area. The suspect, identified as Appu, who is an accused in a murder case. Police said that at about 5.30 pm on Sunday, Deepak was standing near his house when he saw Appu beating a girl.
On this, he intervened and asked Appu to stop. Appu turned to Deepak and started quarrelling with him and it soon turned into a scuffle. In a fit of rage, Appu took out a knife and stabbed Deepak before escaping from the spot. A local shopkeeper made a call to the PCR after which police reached the spot and Deepak was rushed to a hospital nearby where he was pronounced dead by a medical team. Appu is an accused in a previous homicide case.