New Delhi, June 22: An act of valour by a teenaged boy proved fatal when he was shot dead by criminals he was trying to chase while they were fleeing after stabbing a man in central district today, police said. The incident took place in Nabi Karim area when some men trying to escape after stabbing a local resident Rajesh, as a crowd assembled there, were chased by the teenager Guddan and two men.

One of the criminals, identified as Vijay, shot Guddan on his head with a country-made revolver. The teenager was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Police immediately swung into action and carried out searches at various places and arrested three of them - Vikas, Budh Ram and Vijay.

During interrogation, they confessed that two more persons were involved in the crime, police said adding a hunt has been launched to nab the other two.

Bureau Report