Man stabbed to death over parking space at dhaba

Had been trying to resolve matter between two other parties

A 29-year-old man was stabbed to death while his friend was left critically injured by a group of men after the duo intervened in a parking argument between the attackers and another man outside an eatery in east Delhi’s Geeta Colony on Saturday night.

Nishant Arora, an insurance sector employee, was killed while his friend Gaurav Sharma is in the ICU of a city hospital. The duo were accompanied by a third friend Ashish Tyagi, who escaped unhurt.

Police said the incident happened around 11.45 p.m. outside a dhaba in Jheel Chowk. Eyewitnesses said the three friends were eating inside the dhaba when some commotion prompted the trio to step outside to see what was going on.

‘Tried to intervene’

The friends saw the owner of a car fighting with a group of men who had come on a couple of two-wheelers. The men were demanding that the car be moved. “The three youths decided to intervene, which enraged the bikers. The argument turned violent and in the melee one of the men took out a knife,” said an eyewitness.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad said Mr. Sharma was the first one to be attacked and suffered stab wounds in his stomach, thigh and chin.

‘Bystanders didn’t help’

“When Nishant tried to save his friend, he too was stabbed a couple of times,” said Ms. Prasad

After the stabbing, the attackers fled from the spot. They are yet to be traced.

A case of murder has been registered. CCTV footage of the incident are being checked to ascertain the sequence of incidents, said the police. Mr. Arora’s relative Puneet alleged that no one present at the spot intervened to sop the attackers or help the three friends.