A 41-year-old man was stabbed to demise late Sunday evening when he tried to guard a commuter who was being assaulted in a highway rage struggle in Faridabad, police mentioned on Tuesday. The deceased, recognized as Ravinder Kumar, initially from Lalwa village in Palwal and settled in Sector 85, had been working as a chauffeur for a Faridabad businessman for the final 15 years.
Police mentioned Ravinder was stabbed not less than seven instances within the neck with a broad edged chopping knife, severing his carotid arteries, and one blow tore by way of his cheek. The assault passed off on the dividing highway of Sector 17 and Sector 18 whereas he was returning residence in his automobile.
In accordance with a officers aware of the investigation, the chain of occasions started when commuter Navin Kumar scolded three males for using their bike dangerously and overtaking in a haphazard method on the Bypass highway. The trio intercepted Navin abused him and assaulted him after a verbal altercation, police mentioned.
Ravinder occurred to be crossing the spot on the time, police mentioned. On seeing Navin being overwhelmed, he stepped in and managed to separate either side, after which all three males left. Investigators mentioned the suspects then moved about 1.5 kilometres forward and waited for Navin on the Sector 17 18 dividing highway.
After they intercepted him once more, Ravinder, who was following Navin, reached the spot. A senior police official mentioned he tried to protect Navin as soon as extra however the trio turned on him as an alternative. “Earlier than Ravinder may perceive something or attain a protected distance to keep away from being attacked, one of many suspects pulled out a knife and stabbed him a number of instances within the neck in fast succession,” he mentioned.
Ravinder collapsed inside a minute as he bled profusely. Navin raised an alarm and alerted the police management room. An emergency response automobile and ambulance reached the spot quickly after, however by then, Navin had taken him to a non-public hospital in Sector 16 with assist from different commuters, the place medical doctors declared him lifeless.
Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Faridabad police, mentioned a criminal offense department staff arrested the prime accused, Satish Kumar, 22, on Monday evening. “He hailed from Baselwa and had three legal instances registered towards him and had come out of jail hardly two months again. Satish was the one who had a broad edged chopping knife with himself utilizing which he had stabbed Ravinder leading to his demise,” he mentioned. Satish was produced in court docket on Tuesday and despatched to four-day police remand.
On the grievance of Ravinder’s son Yashvinder, an FIR below sections 103(1) (homicide) and three(5) (Frequent intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered at Sector 17 police station.
