BJP leader’s 16-year-old nephew stabbed to death in Jalandhar

A 16-year-old boy, nephew of former MLA and BJP leader Sheetal Angural, was stabbed to death late on Friday evening in Jalandhar.

The victim, identified as Vikas, was allegedly attacked by three youths with a sharp-edged weapon following an argument in Shivaji Nagar of the Basti Danishmandan area. He was stabbed in the chest and left bleeding on the road as the assailants fled.

Despite his injuries, Vikas managed to reach a nearby house and asked a woman for water. Before she could return, he collapsed. She alerted local residents, who informed the police. Angural reached the spot and rushed the teenager to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

The victim’s family was reportedly in Jammu at the time of the incident. They returned on Saturday morning, after which a post-mortem examination was conducted and the last rites performed.

Minutes after the attack, the main accused, Ravi Kumar, alias Kalu, of Dhariwal Kadian village, allegedly returned to the spot to look for two mobile phones he had dropped while fleeing. When he learnt that residents had picked the phones for handing over to the police, he allegedly threatened them.

At the cremation ground, Angural said, “Kalu had no fear of law as he had come to the house of the woman informer and threatened her this afternoon even as the police had been looking for him.”

Later, ADCP-II Paramjit Singh said Kalu had been arrested and raids were on to nab the other two accused. An FIR has been registered under Sections 103(1), 351(3) and 3(5) of the BNS.

Angural said his nephew was killed due to a drug-related issue. “I do not want to make the issue political at this stage. I want the police to first come up with the reason why Kalu stabbed an innocent teenager. I shall spell out the reason once the police comes up with its facts,” he said. BJP general secretary Ashok Sarin condemned the murder and blamed the state government, alleging easy availability of narcotics in Jalandhar (West). There was no CCTV camera near the spot.