Published By: Saurabh Verma
Last Updated: June 24, 2023, 22:59 IST
According to police, Rahul had gone out along with his 19-year-old cousin Sonu round 10 pm on Friday to have ice cream after dinner.
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Paramilitary has been deployed in the world to stop any communal flare-up. The preliminary investigation has revealed that the incident happened over claims of staring and hurling abuses, police mentioned
A 20-year-old man, who had gone out along with his cousin to have ice cream, was allegedly stabbed by his neighbour following a petty dispute in northeast Delhi’s Brijpuri, police mentioned on Saturday. The accused, Mohammad Zaid (20), has not been arrested but, they mentioned.
Paramilitary has been deployed in the world to stop any communal flare-up. The preliminary investigation has revealed that the incident happened over claims of staring and hurling abuses, police mentioned.
According to police, Rahul had gone out along with his 19-year-old cousin Sonu round 10 pm on Friday to have ice cream after dinner. There, he met Zaid, who lives in the identical road, and acquired right into a struggle with him.
Zaid then stabbed Rahul in the decrease stomach. Sonu, who tried to assist his brother, additionally acquired injured in the melee, they mentioned.
“A trivial difficulty led to the scuffle. Zaid attacked Rahul with a sharp-edged object, more than likely a knife. When Sonu intervened, he was additionally harm. Efforts are being made to nab Zaid,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey mentioned.
Zaid, who’s absconding, has been booked beneath IPC part 307 (try to homicide) and 324 (voluntarily inflicting harm by harmful weapons or means) on the Dayalpur police station, the officer mentioned.
Police mentioned Zaid works as a carpenter alongside along with his father, whereas Rahul provides chips and different edibles, and his father sells candies.
Meanwhile, Rahul has been admitted in the ICU ward of GTB hospital.
Rahul’s sister Madhu demanded strict punishment for the accused.
“We had been knowledgeable that Rahul was stabbed final evening. When we rushed to the spot, we noticed Zaid fleeing. Police have registered a case and likewise taken our statements. We need strict punishment for him,” she mentioned.
Delhi minister and AAP chief Saurabh Bhardwaj attacked the BJP over the incident.
“A stabbing incident in Brijpuri space of Delhi. It doesn’t really feel like that is the nationwide capital. Now there’s a Hindu-Muslim angle too. Now the BJP can elevate a hue and cry, and can even query LG sir,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
The Delhi Police is run by the Ministry of Home Affairs at the moment beneath the governance of the BJP.
Brijpuri is without doubt one of the areas the place main clashes had been witnessed in the course of the 2020 northeast Delhi riots that had flared ostensibly over the anti–CAA agitation. The riots claimed greater than 50 lives, a majority of them Muslims.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
