Delhi: Cops apprehend juvenile wanted in murder case

The Delhi Police have apprehended a juvenile, who had been on the run for the past five months in connection with a murder case, an official said on Monday. He had allegedly stabbed a man and injured two others on the intervening night of September 29-30, 2024, police said.

The victims, Anurag, who died, and Rinku and Akash, were returning home from a club on a motorcycle when they encountered the juveniles. A verbal altercation escalated into a violent attack when the accused, including the now-apprehended juvenile and five accomplices, assaulted them with a knife, they said. Anurag suffered 13 stab wounds and succumbed to his injuries, while Rinku sustained serious wounds and received medical treatment. A case was registered.

Five suspects, Arjun, Rohit, Gopal, Abhishek Kumar and another juvenile, were arrested during the probe. However, the main suspect managed to evade capture, prompting multiple raids at his suspected hideouts in Yadav Niwas, Radha Vihar Colony and Chirodi village in Loni, police said.

“On February 20, a team received a tip-off that the juvenile would be meeting a friend near Radha Vihar area in Ghaziabad between 6 am and 7 am. A team laid a strategic trap in the designated area. Soon, the suspect was nabbed,” said the official.