A 27-year-old autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death by a passenger near the BRT in South Delhi following an argument over fare. The driver was a resident of Ambedkar Nagar and he was supposed to get married next month. A PCR call was made around 3pm stating that a man was bleeding and lying inside an autorickshaw. A police team rushed to the spot and they found a bloodied body lying inside an autorickshaw. The body was then rushed to the Trauma Centre at AIIMS where he was declared dead by doctors. Investigations revealed that Avinash was murdered by a sharp object. Sources day that he had dropped some passengers near Ambedkar Nagar before his body was found.
According to his elder brother Manish, Avinash was to be married on May 19. “The house was being repainted for his wedding and Avinash had been working overtime to meet the expenses the family had estimated it would incur for the wedding. We have registered a case and are verifying the movement of several local criminals to ascertain whether any of them were involved in the incident,” the officer added.