3 held for killing man during robbery

Delhi Police has arrested three men accused of stabbing a 20-year-old man to death with a knife while attempting to snatch his backpack in Delhi’s Subhash Place area, an official said on Saturday.

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The apprehended accused were identified as Rohit, alias Nimaj (22), Arun alias Labbu (22), and Vikas alias Fauji (28), from residents of Shakurpur, he said.

A PCR call was received on March 26 at Subhash Place police station from Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital regarding an unidentified man who was brought dead. He was later identified as Shoban Mohammad, a native of Bhihar’s Bhagalpur, he added.

An eyewitness informed the police that three men had attacked Mohammad with a knife while attempting to snatch his backpack. A case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.