Robbers target couple in park, stab man to death

NEWDELHI:A 24-year-old civil engineering student was stabbed to death by four men for resisting a robbery attempt when he was with a female friend at a park in south Delhi’s Govindpuri on Saturday.

Three of the four alleged robbers have been arrested in the case as of late Sunday night, deputy commissioner of police (south east) Chinmoy Biswal said. He added that cops are on the lookout for the final suspect. The three have previous criminal records consisting of several petty crimes and they were arrested from different parts of the city, he added.

Biswal said the victim, Naresh Dader, was sitting in the park with his friend around 4.30pm when the four men came from behind and held them at knifepoint, asking them for their belongings. They stabbed Dader when he tried to resist the robbery attempt, Biswal said.

Before the robbery, Dader’s friend had reportedly given him her phone and wallet. “According to the woman, one of the robbers took one of the mobile phones out of Dader’s pocket and tried to take out the other. Dader tried to stop the robbers, which led to a scuffle. In the ensuing scuffle, the man stabbed Dader in the chest in front his friend,” said Biswal.

After he fell on the ground, the attackers took away the mobile phones and wallets. Before fleeing, they allegedly forced the woman to give away the jewellery she was wearing.

As soon as the robbers left, the woman rushed out of the park and raised an alarm. With the help of a security guard posted at the park and a few passersby, Dader was rushed to Batra Hospital where he was declared dead.

The police was informed after the guard posted at the park’s entrance made a call. Dader’s body was later sent for post mortem to AIIMS.