Delhi's stall owner stabbed to death over payment for a glass of juice

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EW DELHI: Three men were on Saturday stabbed a man to death following a fight over payment for a glass of juice.

The incident took place in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar. Identified as Govind, the man was immediately rushed to Bada Hindu Rao Hospital, however, he died while undergoing treatment.

The police confirmed that all the accused have been identified and taken into custody.

According to police, his heart was punctured due to multiple stabbing, reported PTI.

As per witnesses' account, two persons dropped in at to have juice at Santosh's stall on Saturday afternoon. The duo reportedly wanted to have it for free, to which Santosh denied.

The two people abused Santosh and later got into a scuffle with him. In the evening, they returned and brought their friend Sagar along to teach Santosh a lesson.

Following this, Santosh's friends Mahesh and Sumit, who were present at the spot, called their friend Govind for help. Govind was a civil defence staff at the office of SDM, Rajouri Garden.

During the feud, Mahesh and Govind were stabbed by the three accused. The three accused were identified as Satish (23), Sandeep (30) and Sagar (30).