A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death at Sudama Nagar under Aishbagh police station area late night on Saturday.
Police said the incident took place when the victim, Ravi Vishwakarma, a resident of Ashoka Garden, was on way to his home along with his cousin Pappu alias Raj Kumar on Saturday. He was attacked with sharp edged weapon in his chest by a youth who escaped the spot after attacking the victim. The victim was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital by his cousin Pappu where he was declared brought dead.
Police were informed and after preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and search for the miscreant was started.
During initial investigation, it was established that the youth who attacked the victim was identified as Anees whose mother was in a relationship with the victim. Earlier, Anees had also threatened Ravi to stay away from his mother but after his mother started to meet Ravi frequently he was furious and at around 10 pm on Saturday when Ravi along with his cousin came to the former house, he was attacked by Anees.
The report also said that on Saturday Ravi went to meet Anees’s mother where a heated argument took place between the two and later in the evening Anees attacked Ravi and escaped. The accused was nabbed later by the police. The police registered a case under Section 302 of the IPC and started further investigation.
The accused works as a truck cleaner while the victim used to work as a painter and started his tea stall few months ago.