New Delhi: Four minors were apprehended for allegedly stabbing a man to death and decamping with his phone and belongings in northwest Delhi’s Bawana area. Police said the same group is also believed to be involved in a second robbery that occurred days later.According to police, on June 26, a PCR call was received at Bawana police station around DSIIDC Park, C-Block near the petrol pump in Sector-3 of the Bawana Industrial Area, reporting an unconscious man lying in a pool of blood. “A police team rushed to the spot and found a severely injured male, aged between 30 and 35 years. He was immediately taken to Maharishi Valmiki Hospital, where doctors declared dead on arrival,” DCP (outer north) Hareshwar V Swami said.Following this, a case under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered and a probe was launched. The deceased was eventually identified as Avdhesh Yadav, a native of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh. His identity was confirmed by his brother.Despite scanning over 1,000 CCTV footage from the surrounding areas, no immediate clues surfaced. However, continued groundwork, relying on local intelligence and field inquiry led investigating police officers to a group of minors whose movements around the time of the incident appeared suspicious.“Based on this lead, four juveniles were apprehended. During their interrogation, one of them led police to the recovery of the weapon used in the murder, a knife. The deceased’s robbed mobile phone, purse, and identification documents were also recovered from their possession,” DCP Swami added.Further investigation revealed that after committing the murder-cum-robbery on June 25, the same minors were also involved in another robbery on June 29. In that incident, they allegedly robbed a man of his mobile phone near Sector-3, DSIIDC Bawana. New Delhi: Four minors were apprehended for allegedly stabbing a man to death and decamping with his phone and belongings in northwest Delhi’s Bawana area. Police said the same group is also believed to be involved in a second robbery that occurred days later.According to police, on June 26, a PCR call was received at Bawana police station around DSIIDC Park, C-Block near the petrol pump in Sector-3 of the Bawana Industrial Area, reporting an unconscious man lying in a pool of blood. “A police team rushed to the spot and found a severely injured male, aged between 30 and 35 years. He was immediately taken to Maharishi Valmiki Hospital, where doctors declared dead on arrival,” DCP (outer north) Hareshwar V Swami said.Following this, a case under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered and a probe was launched. The deceased was eventually identified as Avdhesh Yadav, a native of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh. His identity was confirmed by his brother.Despite scanning over 1,000 CCTV footage from the surrounding areas, no immediate clues surfaced. However, continued groundwork, relying on local intelligence and field inquiry led investigating police officers to a group of minors whose movements around the time of the incident appeared suspicious.“Based on this lead, four juveniles were apprehended. During their interrogation, one of them led police to the recovery of the weapon used in the murder, a knife. The deceased’s robbed mobile phone, purse, and identification documents were also recovered from their possession,” DCP Swami added.Further investigation revealed that after committing the murder-cum-robbery on June 25, the same minors were also involved in another robbery on June 29. In that incident, they allegedly robbed a man of his mobile phone near Sector-3, DSIIDC Bawana.
