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New Delhi/Durg: Three men were arrested for allegedly stabbing a man to death after beating him following a dispute over bursting firecrackers in outer north Delhi's Shahbad Dairy in the early hours of Tuesday, police said. The accused have been identified as Dheeraj (24), Akash alias Baba (24) and Tarun (22). A fourth accused, Ajay alias Ali, is still absconding, PTI reported.
In another similar incident, a 60-year-old man was stabbed to death by two men following a heated argument over their bursting firecrackers outside his house in Chhattisgarh's Durg district. The police have arrested the accused involved in the attack that took place under the Chhavni police station limits in Bhilai town on Monday night, an official said. He said that the accused, identified as Sanjay and Shubham, were bursting firecrackers in front of the victim's house when the latter's daughter-in-law objected.
Regarding the Delhi incident, a call was received at around 12.20 am on October 21. A police team reached the spot and found the victim lying in the street with a stab wound on the right side of his chest.
“The deceased was identified as Dileep alias Sitamber Prasad. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Dileep was beaten by three to four persons, one of whom stabbed him outside his house. His brothers Deepak and Sandeep were also assaulted during the scuffle,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Hareshwar Swami said.
The police said the altercation started about an hour earlier over an argument about bursting firecrackers. One of the accused was identified as Dheeraj, a resident of Shahbad Dairy, who initially absconded after the incident.
Based on Deepak's complaint, a case was registered under sections 103 (1) and 3 (5) of the BNS, and a probe was initiated.
During the investigation, statements of witnesses were recorded and CCTV footage from nearby areas was examined. Using technical surveillance and manual efforts, police arrested the three accused within an hour.
The accused are employed in different sectors — Dheeraj works at an e-commerce grocery unit in Jahangirpuri, Akash is employed at a utensil rack factory in Bawana, and Tarun works with a courier service in Rithala, police added.
Raids are being conducted to trace the absconding co-accused Ajay alias Ali, the police said.
In the Chhattisgarh’s Durg incident, after the daughter-in-law objected, the duo took out a small cutter and chased the woman into her house, where the victim, Ganesh Bairagi, was having dinner with his family. When he intervened to pacify the men, they allegedly hurled abuses and attacked him, the official said.
Shubham allegedly held the victim's hand as Sanjay repeatedly stabbed him in the chest and abdomen with the cutter, he said.
The victim collapsed and was rushed to a hospital in Supela, where doctors declared him dead, the official said.
The attackers, who were residents of the same locality, fled the scene and were apprehended on Tuesday based on a complaint lodged by the victim's daughter-in-law, he added.