new delhi: A 24-year-old man died in a suspected cylinder blast at his house in Delhi’s Seemapuri on Friday evening, hours after he
allegedly stabbed a teenage girl, police said.
A PCR call was received at Seemapuri police station at 5.33 pm reporting that a girl had been stabbed and was lying unconscious with multiple injuries in Ravidas Mandir Wali Gali in Old Seemapuri. Police teams reached the spot, but the victim had already been
shifted to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital.
Doctors declared her unfit to give a statement. She sustained multiple stab wounds and remains under treatment, police said. A medico-legal case was registered and a case of attempt to murder initiated. In a related development, another PCR call reported a cylinder blast at a house in New Seemapuri. Police found that Jatin (24) had died in the fire triggered by the blast. He was taken to GTB Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
During inquiry, police established that Jatin was the same person who had allegedly stabbed the girl earlier.
Forensic teams have examined both sites, and police are investigating the sequence of events, motive, and whether the blast was accidental or deliberate. mpost