In south Delhi’s Khanpur area on Thursday, a man in his late 20s was killed by bike-borne men. However, this is no ordinary murder case. Police said that the victim was stabbed more than fifty times and then assaulted with iron rods by the bike-borne men.
Police have said that the victim is identified as Ashish and is now grievously injured in the assault. Currently, he is recuperating at a local hospital, where the doctors said his condition is serious.
Meanwhile, the police have started investigations into the case after family members of the victim registered their complaint at a local police station. As of now, the police is examining the CCTV footage to ascertain the identity of the accused.
“There were a dozen men on bikes who had cornered Ashish and chased him down a street close to his house. We have formed several teams to ascertain their identity,” said a police officer.
As per the police, the assault, which has been captured on camera happened at around 4 pm on Thursday. Ashish was returning him home after running some errands during the day and later visited the local gym.
Ashish was in black shirt, as per the footage, was being stopped by two men and shorty ten more bikes, one after the other, with two men on each zipped in and surrounded Ashish.
Then for at least ten minutes, Ashish was assaulted with rods and then stabbed several times. According to the eyewitnesses, as said by the police, the passers-by did not intervene as many of them were scared by a large number of bikers.
Later, the men fleeing with rods and knives in their hands, as Ashish fell on the road, as seen on the CCTV footage.
“The locals had taken Ashish to a local hospital. He was immediately attended by the doctors. His condition is very fragile right now. The doctors have been treating him for more than two dozen stab wounds. We can not say exactly how many times he was attacked,” the officer said.
So far the police have questioned family members and close neighbours of Ashish to discover the motive of the assault. The police also have collected some local intelligence which directs to previous fights with the accused persons. “The locals have said that Ashish was involved in a fight with some local boys earlier in the neighbourhood. We are yet to find out what had caused the previous fight,” the officer said.
The locals also revealed to the police that Ashish had stopped the men from assaulting a boy from throwing balloons at them earlier. Police said that the claims are yet to be corroborated.