Youth stabbed to death, 5 held

A 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death by a group of youths at Ram Darbar here late Tuesday night, reportedly after being mistaken for someone else.

The police have arrested five persons, including prime suspects Deepu and Kallu. The victim, identified as Rishi, a resident of Ram Darbar, was attacked while he was chatting with his friends near a local park in Phase II. According to the police, around ten youths arrived at there and surrounded Rishi. They allegedly began questioning him about a person named Vansh Madiwala. When Rishi denied knowing him, the group started hurling abuses before Deepu and Kallu pulled out knives and repeatedly stabbed him.

Rishi’s friends rushed him to the Government Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

Investigations revealed that the assailants were actually looking for Vansh Madiwala, a youth recently released from jail, with whom they had a long-standing rivalry. Vansh had reportedly been re-arrested a day earlier in a brawl case, a fact the attackers were unaware of.

Believing Rishi to be Vansh’s associate, they allegedly killed him.