In a bizarre incident, a 28-year-old man was allegedly murdered by a 22-year-old man and his brother in Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area on Friday after a fight over money to buy drugs, police said, adding that the victim was allegedly stabbed with a blade and assaulted with bricks.
The gruesome murder that took place on Friday was captured on a CCTV camera. Both the accused have been arrested.
The footage showed the victim was walking when he was accosted by the two brothers who punched, kicked and attacked him repeatedly with blade and a stone. Around 10 to 15 people can be seen standing when the incident occurred. A video footage of the incident which has gone viral showed residents retreating to their homes and people deserting the lane as the duo battered Narender alias Bunti, a resident of Azadpur, over a few minutes.
A third man who was accompanying the assailants tried to stop the attack, but in vain. The footage showed the victim was walking when he was accosted by the two brothers who punched, kicked and attacked him repeatedly with a blade and stone slabs.
The victim, wearing T-shirt and shorts, was attacked by a man on the busy street. Within seconds, his brother joined him in mercilessly assaulting Narender.
The duo and one other man had come on a scooty. According to the police, the accused, Rahul Kali and his brother Rohit both residents of Mandir Wali gali, Azadpur, have been arrested. Police said that Rahul is also the ‘Bad Character’ of Adarsh Nagar area.
According to Usha Rangnani, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northwest district, police were informed around 2.15 PM that a person was injured with a blade.
“Police reached the spot and the injured was rushed to the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial (BJRM) Hospital for treatment. He was identified as Narender alias Bunti, a resident of Azadpur. Later, he was referred to a higher centre where he was declared brought dead,” said the DCP.
“The assailants were identified as Rahul Kali and his brother Rohit Kali. Probe found that the quarrel broke out between Rahul and Narender over the issue of repeated demands of the victim to borrow money for his drug addiction,” said the DCP.
Rahul got annoyed and called his brother on Mandir Wali street, Azadpur village and attacked Narender with a blade and repeatedly hit his head with bricks, the DCP said. A case under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Adarsh Nagar police station.