June 25, 2020: A 57 year old man was stabbed to death in Delhi’s Paharganj area by a 22-year-old youth in after a heated arguments between them over feeding stray dogs, reports.
According to the police, the victim, Brijmohan often used to feed stray dogs. On June 21, when he was feeding the dogs outside a park in the area at around 10 pm, the accused named Ajay, came there and started arguing with him over it.
Later, the accused got angry after the street dogs started barking at him following which he went back to his house and later came back with a knife and stabbed the victim, police stated.
Mohan was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died during the course of treatment, the police official said. Prahlad told Mohan that his acts could lead to dog attack incidents in the area, the police said. A case was registered and an investigation was initiated to nab Prahlad who had fled after the incident, said Sanjay Bhatia, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central).
“After we received information that Prahlad was hiding somewhere near Sabzi Mandi Krishna Market area of Paharganj, and was roaming in the street by covering his face with the mask, we apprehended him from the area,” he said.
The accused was arrested on Wednesday and the weapon of offence was also recovered, he added.