A juvenile was apprehended and another man arrested from North-West Delhi’s Bharat Nagar on Thursday for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old boy, following a fight over sharing whitener for inhalation to get high, police said. In the afternoon, police were informed that a teenager was declared “brought dead” by the doctors at a hospital after being attacked with a broken glass bottle. The deceased, Shahrukh, was a resident of Kabir Nagar.
The deceased and the accused were said to be addicted to whitener. The two used to frequently fight with each other over sharing the substance, police said. The accused, also a resident of the same area, told police that as Shahrukh had refused to share whitener, he decided to confront him.
Another man, Dinesh Chegi, was also present when the altercation between the accused and the deceased took place and all three were sitting by the Kabir Nagar railway tracks, police said.
Dinesh allegedly instigated the accused to launch an attack on Shahrukh, said a senior police officer.
The accused subsequently slit the victim’s neck with a broken glass bottle and along with Chegi, fled the spot, he added. Meanwhile, the deceased’s mother was informed of the scuffle. She reached the spot and saw Shahrukh collapse, the officer said. With the help of the locals, she rushed her son to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead by the doctors.
A case was registered on a complaint by the deceased’s mother, police said, adding that subsequently, Dinesh was arrested and the juvenile accused apprehended.