New Delhi: A stunning case of homicide has come to mild in east Delhi’s Welcome colony, the place a 16-year-old boy stabbed one other teen greater than 55 instances, slit his throat, dragged his physique by way of the road and danced with pleasure whereas committing the heinous crime earlier this week, police mentioned on Thursday. The grotesque particulars of the killing in Janta Mazdoor Colony on Tuesday night time had been captured on CCTV, the video additionally displaying the accused threatening the bystanders with a knife.
The accused, who was arrested on Wednesday morning and has confessed, didn’t have any acquaintance with the 17-year-old sufferer, who he had requested for cash to purchase biryani, officers mentioned.
“We now have already recovered the weapon used for homicide. We’re investigating from the place he received the knife,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Pleasure Tirkey mentioned. The incident occurred round 11.15 pm on Tuesday. The sufferer was taken to hospital however succumbed on the best way. The CCTV video reveals the accused teen pulling an individual by way of a slim lane and stabbing him mercilessly.
“He didn’t cease there. He was seen dancing whereas doing the barbaric act. An individual tried to open a door to see what was occurring, however the accused scared him away by waving a knife,” an official concerned within the investigation mentioned. All of it started when the sufferer refused to purchase the biryani for the accused, who apparently misplaced his mood. There was a verbal altercation, which quickly become a struggle.
“The accused overpowered the sufferer who was 17 years outdated and a resident of Jafrabad. He first choked him until he misplaced consciousness and took out a mini knife from his pocket and stabbed him a number of instances. He then dragged him to a bylane the place he continued to stab him on his face, neck, again, beneath eyes greater than 55 instances,” the official mentioned.
Giving extra particulars, he added that the accused was seen shouting at individuals to maintain away. “The accused was drunk on the time of incident,” mentioned the investigator. It didn’t finish there.
“We had been additionally shocked… The accused after the entire act holds the lifeless physique by the hair and drags him again to the identical slim space. He robbed Rs 350 from the sufferer and ran away. We now have already caught the accused, who had admitted and weapon of homicide has been recovered,” an investigator mentioned. “The CCTV footage helped us to establish the accused who was arrested instantly by police crew,” mentioned the DCP Tirkey.
