Police on Thursday apprehended two youngsters for allegedly stabbing a 30-year-old man to demise when he refused to provide them ₹200 throughout a theft bid in northeast Delhi’s Jafrabad late on Wednesday.
Two minors kill man throughout ₹200 theft try in NE Delhi
Police are but to establish the deceased. The arrested accused are aged round 15-16 years, officer mentioned. A senior police officer conscious of the matter mentioned that the sufferer and the accused knew one another.
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Based on police, a PCR name was obtained at Jafrabad police station at 2.30am on Wednesday after locals noticed a person mendacity in a pool of blood close to Pooja Mannequin Public College in Maujpur space. Police mentioned a workforce was despatched to the spot however the sufferer had already been rushed to a hospital the place he was declared “dead on arrival”. Police mentioned the sufferer had no pockets or different belongings on him.
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DCP (northeast) Rakesh Paweriya mentioned a workforce was shaped to crack the case.
“The team scanned multiple CCTV cameras around the spot, and two minors were identified. Multiple raids around Maujpur area were conducted after which the boys were apprehended,” mentioned the DCP.
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Police mentioned the boys had been noticed within the CCTV digicam footage and had been caught with a knife that was used in the course of the offence, a stolen two-wheeler and ₹200 money.
Throughout interrogation, police mentioned the accused admitted that they stabbed the person to demise with the knife after he resisted a theft bid.
A senior police officer cited above mentioned, “We are not sure but the accused and deceased are known to each other. They all work in the same area. However, on Wednesday, when the victim was walking alone, the accused threatened him over money. When he refused to give them ₹200 which he had in his wallet, the accused stabbed him and fled on their two-wheeler. The minors said they were in need of cash and decided to rob people in the area.”
A case below expenses of homicide has been lodged.
In the meantime, police try to get private info of the deceased to establish him and inform his relations.