Faridabad, Oct 18 A 21-year-old man who was attacked with a knife and an awl after refusing to pay Rs 5,000 in Faridabad’s Baselwa Colony died after 11 days of treatment at a Delhi hospital, police said on Sunday.
The police added murder charges to the case, they said, adding that all four accused, Tarun, Arun, Yuvraj alias Garhwali and Rahul Buddhi, were already arrested.
According to the police, Satish, 21, the only brother of his two sisters, left home for Baselwa Colony on October 6. The four youths also arrived there.
Subsequently, Yuvraj allegedly took a knife from a scooter and handed it to Arun, while Tarun instructed him to attack Satish, police said, adding that Arun stabbed Satish in the hip area of his right leg.
Rahul also attempted to strike with an awl but Vinod, who was present at the scene, managed to restrain him. Following the attack, Satish sustained serious injuries and collapsed to the ground, police said.
Hearing the commotion, nearby people gathered at the spot. After this, Yuvraj and Rahul took the injured on a scooter and left him outside a private hospital in Sector-19.
Tarun and Arun also escaped from the scene. The injured Satish was admitted to the hospital; after a few days, he was shifted to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, where he died on the night of October 17, they added.
Satish, who originally hailed from Bihar, lived with his family in a rented house in New Ahirwara of Old Faridabad’s Bhud Colony for quite some time.
According to family members, Satish was planning to purchase a motorcycle and had obtained money from his family for this purpose.
Arun, aware of this, asked Satish for five thousand rupees, but when Satish refused, he began to harbour a grudge and, along with his associates, carried out the crime, they said.
“We have now added charges of murder to the case and are proceeding with the investigation. All the accused were already arrested and a further probe is underway,” said a senior police officer.
(PTI News)
