5 men stab 19-year-old to death in Hauz Rani

A 19-year-old boy was killed and his friend critically injured after they were attacked at their friend’s birthday party, allegedly by a group of five men in Hauz Rani area near Select City shopping mall in South Delhi on Friday night.

The police suspects it was a premeditated attack, planned as a result of a dispute between the victim and the attackers over oneupmanship in their locality. All the five attackers were identified, though no arrest was made till Saturday night.

The police said that the 19-year-old boy, Aman alias Karan, was stabbed multiple times by the five men. When his friend Amit (21) came to his rescue, the attackers stabbed him as well. The assailants also used iron rods to attack the duo.

The two were rushed to a nearby private hospital where Aman was declared brought dead by the doctors. Amit is still under observation at the hospital. His condition was stated to be stable and out of danger.

Chinmoy Biswal, the additional DCP (South), said that the crime came to light at 11.30 pm when they received a call regarding an attack on two youth at a house in the Hauz Rani area.

“By the time our police team reached the crime scene, the injured persons were already rushed to Max Hospital in Saket by the public where Aman was declared dead on admission,” said Mr Biswal.

After Amit was declared stable, his statement was recorded and a case of murder was registered at the Malviya Nagar police station. Teams were formed to probe the murder case. In his statement Amit told the police that he had gone to a friend’s room in Hauz Rani with Aman to celebrate the birthday of their friend Gaurav.

“Around 10.45 pm, Aman and Amit were present in the room. Suddenly, five men armed with knives and iron rods arrived and began attacking Aman,” said Mr Biswal.