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Man stabbed to death

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: A 70-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death in a mini-bus at Kalyanpuri in the trans-Yamuna area on Thursday. Two men, including an alleged pickpocket, have been arrested.

The incident took place around noon when Vishwanath Sehgal, a retired Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited employee who lived in Mayur Vihar, was on his way to a government office to get some incorrect entries on his ration card rectified.

According to one version, Mr. Sehgal noticed three men standing on the footboard and allegedly misbehaving with a woman when the bus was passing through Kalyanpuri. He objected to it, at which one of them stabbed him in the thigh.

However, the police said there was no eve-teasing and the stabbing incident took place when Mr. Sehgal asked the miscreants to clear the passage.

“It appears to be a case of attempted pick-pocketing,” said a police officer, adding that the culprits attacked Mr. Sehgal when he raised an alarm.

The victim was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.

The police have registered a case and arrested two of the accused, Mahesh and Tejpal.

They said Mahesh is a pickpocket. Efforts are on to trace the third person.

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