Two youths done to death over affairs

Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 24

Two youths were murdered in separate incidents in Delhi, allegedly over love affairs in the past 24 hours. In the first incident, a 25-year-old youth was stabbed to death allegedly by four people in outer Delhis Narela area today. He was stabbed more than 10 times. He was killed for having an affair with a girl. The deceased has been identified as Pradeep Khatri, who is a resident of Bankner village in Narela. The police said they have identified the main accused as Vishal, alias Vishu, and the three others are juveniles. The police said they have apprehended a juvenile in connection with the case. Vishal proposed a girl of Bankner village several times and she always spurned his advances. Vishal became aware that the girl was having an affair with Pradeep. Vishal decided to kill him. He roped in his three juvenile friends. They called Pradeep at an isolated place in the village and stabbed him to death, said a police officer. In the second incident, a 22-year-old youth was stoned to death allegedly by four people in east Delhis Mayur Vihar area. The police have caught the four accused, including three juveniles. The main accused has been identified as Deepak, alias Raj. The deceased was identified as Ravi Kumar, alias Chhotu, a resident of the area. He worked with a private firm. Ravi was having an affair with the Deepaks sister. He decided to teach Ravi a lesson. On Friday night, Deepak with his three juvenile friends called Ravi to discuss the issue. They had an argument following which Deepak and his three friends thrashed Ravi. They then stoned him to death and fled the area, said another police officer. The police became aware of the incident when a passerby saw a body near a mall in Mayur Vihar Phase-one. A police team was sent to the spot and the body was sent for a postmortem.