A 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death by six people in front of his house in South-East Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Tuesday. Police have arrested one person so far while the remaining are absconding. The arrested accused has been identified as Arman (20), a resident of D Block Sangam VIhar.
According to a senior police official, the deceased has been identified as Ravi, who stayed in KK Block in the area and was a Gramin Seva driver.
A few days back Ravi had a fight with Arman and after the fight Ravi had complained at the Sangam Vihar Police Station regarding the incident.
On Tuesday night, in order to take revenge, Arman went with his gang to Ravi with knives. At that time, Ravi was returning to his home with his friend Imtiaz.
“On seeing Arman with his gang, all of whom were carrying knives, Ravi and Imtiaz ran towards different directions to save their lives. The accused ran towards Ravi and caught him,” said the police official.
After catching Ravi, the accused surrounded him and kept on stabbing him in his stomach and throat till he collapsed to the ground.
“After stabbing Ravi, the gang went in search for Ravi’s friend. Imtiaz also got caught by the accused and was brutally thrashed,” said the official.
local eyewitnesses immediately made a PCR call and police came to the spot and took Ravi and Imtiaz to the hospital. The doctors declared Ravi brought dead while putting Imtiaz on treatment.
Police arrested Arman on Tuesday night and are in search of five others. “Arman’s gang has a wanted criminal, named Shammi, who had a lot of cases registered against him. We handed over Ravi’s body to his family after getting the post-mortem done,” said the official.
“A case under relevant Sections of IPC has been registered at the Sangam Vihar Police Station and further investigation in the matter is on,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East district, MS Randhawa.