New Delhi, Aug 7 (Agencies) : A 21-year-old youth was allegedly stabbed to death in broad daylight by five juveniles in Madangir Central Market of southeast Delhi, police said today.
All the five attackers have been apprehended in this case after a case of murder was registered at Ambedkar Nagar Police station.
The horrific crime, which took place in a busy marketplace, was caught on CCTV footage.
The incident took place around 3:30 PM yesterday when the deceased identified as Sachin, along with his friend was passing through the street on a bike when the five juvenile came from the opposite direction and pushed Sachin off the bike.
While his friend managed to flee, the attackers stabbed Sachin indiscriminately. Passersby watched in horror and nobody came forward to save the victim out of fear. One of the attackers is seen brandishing his knife in the air in order to threaten locals in the CCTV footage.
As the attackers fled the scene leaving Sachin in a pool of blood, he was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
During investigation, all the five juvenile attackers were identified by the police with the help of CCTV footage and eyewitness account and were later apprehended.
"It has emerged that Sachin was in touch with some anti-social elements and used to regularly harass some of the juveniles involved in this case. One of the attackers, who is 15-year-old told us during interrogation that Sachin had extorted money from him. Later, he too came in contact with some ruffian elements of the area and all of them decided to eliminate Sachin," said a senior police official.
Sachin used to assist his father at his shop in Madangir while the five juveniles also belong to the same area. Some of them are sanitation workers and labourers.
"All of them are school dropouts. They are being questioned and further investigations are on," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) P Karunakaran.