A 26-year-old property dealer was stabbed to death by an eatery owner over a petty issue in Rohini, police said on Tuesday. The accused was later arrested from the spot. Identified as Sachin, the victim came to have food at a dhaba in Rohini Sector-8 on Monday night. An eyewitness told police that a fight broke out between the eatery owner Omi and Sachin over some petty issue. Omi whipped out a knife and stabbed him in his chest.
According to police, the people present at the spot rushed Sachin to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Sachin was a property dealer and lived in the same locality. Workers of the eatery shop informed police about the murder and Omi was arrested from the spot. A case of murder has been registered at Rohini (north) police station. The Delhi Police annual data of 2014 reveals that more than 19 per cent of murder cases in 2014 were committed due to sudden provocation on trivial issues out of the total of 561 murder cases that took place in the national Capital.