Sudanese student stabbed to death, another hurt near Phagwara varsity; deck: Police nab all six accused within hours from Mandi in HP Ashok Kaura Phagwara, May 15 A 25-year-old Sudanese student was brutally stabbed to death and another critically injured in a violent altercation near a private university in Phagwara in the early hours of Thursday, sending shockwaves through the international student community in the region. Senior Superintendent of the Police Gaurav Toora told this correspondent here this afternoon that in a swift response, a Phagwara police team, led by SP Rupinder Bhatti and SP (Investigation), apprehended all six accused within five hours of the crime, tracking them down in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The incident occurred before 4 am in the Green Valley locality near Law Gate at Maheru Village — a residential hub for international students, especially from African nations. According to the FIR registered at the Satnampura police station and as per the statement of the injured student, Ahmed Mohammad Nour Ahmed Hussen, he and the victim, Mohammad Wada Bala Yousuf Ahmed, were returning from morning prayers with two Sudanese female students when they were stopped by a group of Indian men. The group, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, began harassing the women and demanded their mobile phone numbers. When Mohammad Wada and Ahmed intervened in the matter to defuse the situation, the men turned violent. According to Ahmed, two of the assailants were armed with knives and stabbed both Sudanese students in the chest. The attackers fled immediately after the assault. The victims’ cries for help were heard by a local resident, Prabhat Dubey, who rushed them to Johal Hospital in Jalandhar Cantt. Doctors declared Mohammad Wada dead on arrival, while Ahmed was admitted in a serious condition and remains under medical supervision. The police registered a case under Sections 109 (common intention), 103(1) (murder), 190 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 191(3) (attempt to murder) of BNS. From his hospital bed, Ahmed provided the police the names of the six alleged attackers, identifying them as Abdul Ahadh from Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka and Kuwar Amar Partap Singh, Aditya Garg, Mohammed Shoib, Sushank, alias “Shaggy”, and Yash Vardhan Rajput, all reportedly from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and currently staying in Phagwara’s paying guest accommodation.

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