Day after, youth held for student's murder

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 23

A day after an 18-year-old Class IX student was stabbed to death, the police today arrested the suspect.

The police said the victim, Rajesh, a resident of New Indira Colony, Mani Majra, was allegedly stabbed by Shivam, alias Lefty (21), who escaped from the spot after the incident. The victim was stabbed with a knife in the chest and the stomach.

The police said Shivam, a safai karamchari in a company at IT Park, was arrested from a forest area in New Indira Colony.

The suspect had an altercation with the victim on October 13, following which he wanted to take revenge from him. The police said the suspect would be produced in the court tomorrow.