New Delhi:

An ice cream vendor has been stabbed to death near India Gate in the national capital, police said.

The police said that the deceased has been identified as Prabhakar (25).

According to Delhi Police, information was received about an attack on an ice cream vendor with knives late on Wednesday evening, after which the police took the victim to the hospital.

Later the victim succumbed to his injuries, police added.

“The preliminary investigation suggests that the deceased was attacked with a knife due to a fight. The deceased has three wounds on his body, one of which is very deep, due to which he died. We have also recovered some money and a watch from the victim’s bag”, the police said.

A case has also been registered under section 302.

The accused who is currently on the run has been identified with the help of CCTV cameras placed in the nearby shops.

Further investigation and efforts to nab the accused are underway.

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New Delhi:

A 27-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified people in Delhi’s Trilokpuri area on Wednesday, police said.

The victim was identified as Thanda Paani, a resident of Trilokpuri.

According to police, the victim was brought to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital with multiple injuries, where doctors declared him dead.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) East Delhi, Apoorva Gupta, said, “We received information from Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital that a man was brought there with multiple stab injuries. Doctors declared him brought dead.”

“We are verifying the facts and gathering more information. Two more people were admitted here in the afternoon. They, too, were injured. They have been referred to a higher center,” the DCP said.

“It is being said that this is the same incident but we have not been able to confirm it. This too is being verified. The deceased has been identified as Thanda Paani,” she added.

According to officials, the victim man was found to be involved in around 20-21 cases of crime registered at the Mayur Vihar police station. He was also declared a ‘bad character (BC)’, a term typically used for persons with a criminal record, by Delhi Police.

Meanwhile, a case under IPC Section 302 was being registered in connection with the incident, and a probe into the same was underway.

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