Fresh details have surfaced in the Seelampur Murder case, where Delhi Police has apprehended eight people, including two juveniles, in connection with the case, officials said on Sunday. The brutal incident pertains to the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur area.
The eight accused were arrested on Saturday. According to Delhi Police, the arrested accused include Sahil (18), Sohaib (35), Nafish (32), Aneesh (19), Zahida (42), Vikas (29) and two minors, aged about 17 and 15 years.
During the investigation, evidence was collected against the accused persons, namely Zikra, Sahil, and the two minors, who had conspired to attack Kunal (deceased), Delhi Police said, as reported by news agency ANI. The police further stated that Sahil had an old rivalry with Kunal, and on April 17, the group caught hold of him and stabbed him multiple times.
Delhi’s Seelampur Murder Case | The arrested accused include Sahil (18), Sohaib (35), Nafish (32), Aneesh (19), Zahida (42), Vikas (29) and two minors, aged about 17 and 15 years: Delhi Police — ANI (@ANI)
Further investigation in the case is ongoing. On April 18, Zikra (19), who worked as a bouncer for jailed gangster Hashim Baba’s wife, was arrested and sent to two days of police custody in the case, a senior police officer said.
Kunal, a resident of New Seelampur, was stabbed to death in J-Block, Jhuggi Seelampur, on the evening of April 17. He was rushed to JPC Hospital by his family members, where doctors declared him dead.
“Zikra, Sahil and the two juveniles conspired and carried out the fatal attack, while the other five were involved in harbouring and helping the main accused escape,” a senior official said, as quoted by PTI.
A case under sections 103(1) (murder) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at the Seelampur police station, and multiple teams were formed to investigate the incident, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the attack was the result of old enmity. On the day of the incident, the accused caught hold of Kunal and stabbed him multiple times, according to police.
Following the arrest of Zikra, locally referred to as ‘Lady Don’, police teams conducted raids across Delhi-NCR and in parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad and Amroha.
During interrogation, Zikra revealed that in November last year, her cousin Sahil was attacked by Kunal’s friends Lala and Shambhu. Although Kunal was present at the time of the attack, he was not named in the FIR as he was a minor, the officer said. Investigators have collected evidence supporting the role of the accused, and efforts are underway to recover the weapons used in the crime, the officer said.
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