NEW DELHI: A 34-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his relative in south Delhi, police said on Wednesday.
Sunil Kumar — the brother of 40-year-old accused Pramod Kumar’s brother-in-law — was stabbed following a scuffle after a birthday party in Sangam Vihar area.
Police said they received a PCR call at 10.18 pm on Tuesday that two people had attacked each other at E-block in Sangam Vihar.
Sunil was rushed to Majeedia Hospital in Hamdard Nagar where he succumbed to injuries, they said.
According to police, Sunil and his four brothers live in Ratiya Marg’s gali number 6 and they used to work at a water tank godown.
The accused also works at the same godown as a security guard.
On Tuesday, Sunil’s brother Dilip Kumar invited his relatives to his son’s birthday party.
After having dinner everybody went back to their houses except the victim’s brother Ram Kishore, PTI quoted a senior police officer as saying, adding Pramod was also present at the party.
An argument broke out between Pramod and Kishore following which Kishore went back to his house and called his brothers, including Sunil, he said.
Pramod and Sunil engaged in a scuffle outside the godown and, in a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife, the officer said.
Sunil started bleeding and sat on the platform of a house opposite the godown and later went unconscious and fell on the road, he said.
A case has been registered in this regard, police said, adding the accused has been apprehended.
The weapon of offense, a kitchen knife, has also been recovered and further investigation is underway, they said.
With PTI inputs
Sunil Kumar — the brother of 40-year-old accused Pramod Kumar’s brother-in-law — was stabbed following a scuffle after a birthday party in Sangam Vihar area.
Police said they received a PCR call at 10.18 pm on Tuesday that two people had attacked each other at E-block in Sangam Vihar.
Sunil was rushed to Majeedia Hospital in Hamdard Nagar where he succumbed to injuries, they said.
According to police, Sunil and his four brothers live in Ratiya Marg’s gali number 6 and they used to work at a water tank godown.
The accused also works at the same godown as a security guard.
On Tuesday, Sunil’s brother Dilip Kumar invited his relatives to his son’s birthday party.
After having dinner everybody went back to their houses except the victim’s brother Ram Kishore, PTI quoted a senior police officer as saying, adding Pramod was also present at the party.
An argument broke out between Pramod and Kishore following which Kishore went back to his house and called his brothers, including Sunil, he said.
Pramod and Sunil engaged in a scuffle outside the godown and, in a fit of rage, the accused stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife, the officer said.
Sunil started bleeding and sat on the platform of a house opposite the godown and later went unconscious and fell on the road, he said.
A case has been registered in this regard, police said, adding the accused has been apprehended.
The weapon of offense, a kitchen knife, has also been recovered and further investigation is underway, they said.
With PTI inputs
