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Delhi vendor arrested after stabbing kills driver Sandeep
Hindustan Times·
Driver Sandeep, 35, died after a food vendor stabbed him in Delhi's Nihal Vihar, police said on Thursday. Police said he asked for extra chhole near Jwalapuri Nala on Sunday night and was stabbed three to four times. He died in treatment on Tuesday. Police arrested Chintu Gupta. After the death, officers added BNS Section 103(1) for murder.
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What It Means For You
- The case is now registered as murder at Paschim Vihar West after the victim died in hospital.
- The accused vendor is already in judicial custody following the Sunday night attack.
- Family members in Nihal Vihar, including children aged around 4 and 10, are named as survivors in the report.
What's Happening
- Police said an argument began when Sandeep asked for extra chhole and the vendor refused.
- Officers said the accused picked up a knife from the cart and stabbed the victim in the abdomen.
- Sandeep was taken first to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital and later to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital in Punjabi Bagh.
Nihal Vihar Case Path
- An FIR under BNS Section 109(1) for attempt to murder was filed the same day as the attack.
- After the Tuesday death, police added BNS Section 103(1) for murder.
- The attack date cited for hospital admission is the night of October 25.
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