Uttar Pradesh: Youth stabbed to death during drinking session scuffle on Holi
A young man was stabbed to death in Baraut area of Uttar Pradesh following an altercation while consuming alcohol on Holi, police said on Thursday.
According to Circle Officer Baraut Saviratna Gautam, the deceased, identified as 22-year-old Vicky got involved in an argument when he and some others were having drinks on Wednesday. The officer said that the scuffle soon turned violent and Vicky was stabbed during the incident.
The victim was a resident of Hilwadi village in Baraut area.
Police received information about the incident, reached the spot and took the body into custody, the officer said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem.
A case has been registered and a search has been launched to nab the accused.
In a similar incident, two people were arrested for allegedly beating a CNG pump salesman to death in Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as 34-year-old Vikas Chandra, a resident of Swaroop Nagar, Daulatpur Samaypur, according to the police.
A senior police official said that the victim was heading home after finishing his shift at the CNG pump in Golden Park Jhuggi, New Rohtak Road, at around 4:00 pm on Wednesday. He stopped at a shop enroute to buy some articles where he got involved in an altercation with some local Jhuggi residents, identified as Karan and Arjun.
The inebriated men, reported thrashed Vikas to death, he said, adding that legal action is being initiated and an FIR under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered.
In another incident, A man was reportedly killed during a brawl in Mehrauli area of Delhi on Wednesday.
An official said that the victim, identified as 32-year-old Brajesh Kumar, died was killed in a scuffle between two groups in South Delhi’s Mehrauli. He said the police received information at around 1:30 pm on Wednesday about a fight at ward number 3.
A police team was rushed to the spot where they found the deceased, Brajesh Kumar (32), lying in a pool of blood at his rented place.
Kumar had sustained severe injuries on his head and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.
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