A 42-year-old man was killed at Ayodhya Square under Ayodhya Nagar Police station area on Monday; the deceased was a scrap dealer and was stabbed to death outside his shop in the afternoon.
According to the police, at around 2 pm on the receipt of the information of an injured man at Ayodhya square a police team was rushed to the spot and rushed the injured to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
In the initial investigation, the deceased was identified as Zakir Ali of Qazi Camp area.
CSP Ayodhya Nagar Rashmi Kharya said that the deceased was stabbed in his stomach with a sharp edged weapon which resulted in his death. The deceased was a resident of Qazi Camp and owns a shop at Ayodhya Nagar square.
In the initial investigation police found that the attack was fuelled with old enmity but the attacker has not been identified and search for the accused has been started, she added.
Police said that in the afternoon when the deceased was sitting outside his shop a miscreant came, attacked him and escaped the spot. The locals and other shopkeepers were questioned but no one was able to provide details about the murder.
The miscreant is yet to be identified and details of the deceased is been searched which could help in the investigation.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.