15-year-old boy stabbed to death in scuffle

NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old boy was murdered and two others injured in Pul Prahladpur area of south east district on Tuesday night, after they were assaulted by three men.

Details of the sudden murder are not known, though police said that on Tuesday Rajesh and associates Danish and Tinku met Tara Chand, who was accompanied by two persons, in Pul Prahaladpur market in Lal Kuan, where a commotion ensued between them. Tara Chand and his associate Ramji Lal survived the knife injuries in the bloody scuffle, but 15-year-old boy Rahul sustained multiple injuries. Passersby soon called police, and a police team subsequently took the injured to the hospital, where Rahul succumbed to his injuries.

"We have registered a case under sections 302, 307, 341, 34 of IPC at Pul Prahladpur police station. Two accused Danish, a resident of Nainital in Uttarakhand, and Mohan Singh, a resident of Baghpat presently resided at Lal Kuan have been arrested. Search of the other accused is on," said Chinmoy Biswal, DCP South East.