A 27-year-old youth was stabbed to death for resisting a pickpocket's bid on Tuesday in a low floor city bus near lBS hospital under Koh-e-Fiza police station area, police said.
The youth, identified as Kamal Singh, a native of Tada Village in Berasia, was getting into a bus with his brother-in-law Himmat Singh when a person tried to pick his pocket. However, when the deceased resisted, the unidentified accused stabbed him on his thigh and back and due to profuse bleeding he succumbed to injuries.
SP Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said the deceased and his brother-in-law board the bus at lBS hospital. A person tried to pick his pocket when the deceased resisted, two other accused stabbed him and escaped the spot.
He was rushed to the nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The deceased was the lone son a farmer among four siblings.
According to police, the deceased had boarded the bus on his way to CM house to request help for his ailing relative who was in need of financial aid for treatment at a private hospital.
The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC. The body was sent for the post mortem and further investigation is underway.