Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Gurgaon NEET aspirant steps in to stop fighting Kota couple, killed

- Aabshar H Quazi aabshar.quazi@hindustant­imes.com

Haryana student in Kota was stabbed to death when he tried to stop a couple from quarelling at a deserted location in Garh Palace Fort, police said on Tuesday.

Police said Gurgaon resident Anil Bamal, 22, was stabbed in the chest. Bamal, a resident of Tek Chand Nagar in Gurgaon, had appeared for national eligibilit­y-cum-entrance test (NEET) on Sunday at an extaminati­on centre in Jaipur.

Police identified the man who allegedly stabbed Bamal as Lalit Kahar, 20.

He fled with the girl after stabbing Bamal, but was later arrested, police said. Kahar worked with a DJ team that performs at weddings, police added.

Rajesh Meshram, deputy superinten­dent of police, Kota City, said Bamal had gone to the fort with three friends when they spotted the quarelling couple.

“After Bamal was stabbed, his friends rushed him to hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival,” said Meshram.

Bamal’s post-mortem was done at Kota government hospital mortuary after his father, Karamveer Jat, 53, brother, Milan Jat, 24, and other relatives arrived. Bamal’s father runs an auto parts workshop in Tek Chand Nagar.

Milan said his younger brother lived in a rented accomodati­on in Kota’s Rangbari and had been pursuing coaching for medical entrance examinatio­ns for four years.

Bamal had completed his schooling from Kota. “My brother was about to leave Kota on May 11 as he was hopeful of getting selected in this year’s NEET,” said Milan. After appearing in the NEET exam on Sunday, Bamal had returned to Kota to collect his belongings.

RAJESH MESHRAM, DSP, KOTA CITY, SAID BAMAL HAD GONE TO THE FORT WITH THREE FRIENDS WHEN THEY SPOTTED THE QUARELLING COUPLE.

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