NEW DELHI: Four men have been arrested for stabbing a 25-year-old hotel management graduate to death in full public view at a busy market in south Delhi’s Begumpur area on Friday. Police said on Saturday that the victim was urinating on the wall of the Vijay Mandal monument, locally called the Qila, when the mother of one of the accused who had come looking for her son objected to the act. An argument ensued during which the victim, Mayank Panwar, slapped one of the accused, Manish. The latter left and returned with friends, chased Panwar and stabbed him several times. Police identified the youth involved as Manish,19, Rahul alias Bihari, 19, Ashish Tanwar, 20 and Suraj, 19. The weapons of offence and the clothes worn by the accused at the time of the incident have been recovered. Benita Mary Jaiker, DCP (South), said, “During interrogation, the youths said they were having alcohol at the monument when the argument over the urinating arose Manish, who was there with his friend, Vikas Panwar, retorted when Manish took him on and also slapped him. The latter then summoned friends for help. Vikas and Mayank fled when the group pelted stones at them. But Manish was overpowered near a market and stabbed to death.” Manish then fled to his uncle’s house in Bawana while the others hid in Begumpur. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed near the spot and the footage showed people watching the fight with no one making any effort to intervene or help the victim. On Friday, Vikas Panwar told police that they were at the ASI-protected monument, drinking alcohol around 7pm, when four or five youths, who too were drinking, got into an argument with Mayank. Police said they had learnt of the death only around midnight when the hospital informed them about Mayank’s stabbing death. Watch Delhi: Youth chased down and stabbed to death
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