Juvenile among four nabbed for Mangolpuri rampage

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday said they arrested three men and apprehended a juvenile for their involvement in violent rampage in Mangolpuri and the murder of two men.

The arrested men, identified as Vishal, Ashu and Suraj along with a juvenile, had come to Mangolpuri's I-block area wearing masks on Wednesday to take revenge for an associate's death.

As they were creating a ruckus and randomly abusing passersby, they were told to stop by one of the two victims Karmveer. This irked the accused and Vishal and the juvenile stabbed the 47-year-old to death.

When Karmveer's neighbour Dinesh tried to intervene, he too met the same fate.

Immediately, the duo fled the spot, and met the other two accused Ashu and Suraj near Hussain Chowk.

The four youth then reached near M-Block, where they were stopped by a resident Suresh from causing nuisance. Enraged, the youth stabbed him as well, causing him serious injuries.

Seeing that a large crowd was gathering to catch hold of them, the four youth immediately fled and went to their respective homes.

On Thursday, Delhi Police formed teams to apprehend the accused and a massive hunt was launched.

The teams started scrutinising the CCTV cameras and found some leads to identify the suspects, who were soon picked up from different locations on Thursday and Friday.

"Ashu and Suraj were apprehended from Bhagat Singh Stadium in Mangolpuri and during ther personal search, one knife was recovered from their possession. On sustained interrogation, the identity of the two other accused persons was revealed as Vishal and one juvenile in conflict with laws," said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Rajender Singh Sagar.

Some men who received injuries from being stabbed by the accused are receiving treated in the hospital.