Street vendor strangled with belt near AIIMS Metro after minor quarrel
A 49-year-old street vendor was allegedly strangled to death with a belt in south Delhi after a minor altercation near the AIIMS Metro station, police
A 49-year-old street vendor was allegedly strangled to death with a belt in south Delhi after a minor altercation near the AIIMS Metro station, police said on Sunday. The accused was overpowered by bystanders and handed over to the police. The victim, Manoj Singh, died during treatment at Safdarjung Hospital after the attack on the night of July 23. Police identified the accused as Lokesh, 40, a resident of Taimur Nagar, and said he was arrested at the spot. Read Full Story According to the police, the incident took place near Gate No. 3 of the AIIMS Metro station on Aurobindo Marg.
A PCR call about a quarrel was received at Hauz Khas police station, after which a police team reached the spot and took the injured Singh to Safdarjung Hospital. He later succumbed to his injuries. Police said preliminary investigation showed that the incident began with a minor verbal altercation at a nearby bus stand and then escalated into a physical fight. A case of murder has been registered at Hauz Khas police station, and further investigation is underway. Singh, a native of Mai village in Bihar's Nawada district, had been selling clothes on a pavement outside Gate No. 3 of Safdarjung Hospital for around two decades, police said.
His son, Bittu Kumar, said his father had been working there for nearly 20 years. "At around 10 pm, my father was returning home after wrapping up the day's work. An intoxicated man deliberately bumped into him near the metro station and started picking a fight. My father tried to avoid the confrontation and walked away, but the man followed him, removed his belt and strangulated him from behind," Bittu alleged. He said people present at the spot caught the accused and handed him over to the police, while his father, who had fallen unconscious, was taken to the hospital.
"We got to know about the incident around 11 pm that night. My father had been earning his livelihood by selling clothes on the roadside for the last 20 years," he said. The case centres on the death of a long-time street vendor after an alleged assault near the AIIMS Metro station, with police saying the accused was caught at the scene and a murder case has been registered. Ends
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