60-year-old man dies of cardiac arrest during scuffle

A 60-year-old man died of a heartache when a scuffle broke out between his son and a man from another community near Jama Masjid area of Central Delhi in the early hours of Saturday morning .

According to the police, the two men, Sanjeev and Naved had a heated argument. The incident took place around at 8 pm near Jama Masjid area. When their argument turned into a scuffle, Naved’s father Jafar tried to intervene. Seeing his son embroiled in a scuffle, he suffered a massive chest pain and was rushed to LNJP Hospital where he died the next morning. Admitted at night, Jafar died in the wee hours of Saturday.

Police said that when Sanjeev was returning home from office in his scooter last evening, it was raining hard. His vehicle skid on a crowded road near Jama Masjid and he ended up splashing mud on Naved who was standing nearby, which led to an argument between the two. Soon, locals intervened and the matter was settled, following which both went home.

However, an hour later, Naved, along with his father Zafar, went to Sanjiv’s house and called him outside. They had a heated argument over the issue, which soon led into a scuffle between Sanjiv and Naved.

According to the police, in no time, Zafar too allegedly got involved in the scuffle and suddenly collapsed. The locals informed the police and Zafar was rushed to Lok Nayak hospital, where preliminary medical examination revealed that he had had a cardiac arrest.

“We registered a case under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC and have arrested Sanjiv,” said Parmaditya DCP (Central).

Agitated locals staged a protest on Saturday in connection with the issue and demanded stricter action against the accused. Few of them also went to the police station and the situation came under control after a senior official intervened.