Ice-cream vendor stabbed to death

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, June 23

A young ice-cream vendor was stabbed to death allegedly by three unidentified bike riders following a brawl in Sector 2 late last night. The assailants are at large.

The deceased has been identified as Bimal Kishore (25), a resident of Maheshpur in Panchkula. The police said the reason behind the incident could not be established as all three were on the run and Kishore had died before the police could talk to him.

According to the police, the incident occurred at 12.15 am when the ice-cream vendor was heading home after work. Three bike riders approached him and they had a brawl over some issue at Sector 2 after which, Kishore was repeatedly stabbed by the trio. 

A car driver, who was passing by, raised the alarm following which the assailants tried to run away. The eyewitness tried to chase them in his vehicle, but they managed to speed away. The victim was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Sector 6, where he was declared dead.

The deceased hailed from Unnao and his body was handed over to the family.