New Delhi (PTI): An 18-year-old labourer was stabbed to death allegedly by two persons in north-east Delhi's Bhagirathi Vihar on Thursday, police said.

On receiving information about the stabbing at 4.54 pm, a team from the Gokalpuri police station was rushed to Bhagirathi Vihar, where it found that the injured youth had been shifted to the GTB Hospital by his brother where doctors declared him brought dead.

The deceased, who worked at a scrap godown, was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by two assailants who are on the run, police said.

"A case under sections 103(1) (murder) and 3(5) (joint liability) of the BNS and provisions of the Arms Act has been registered at the Gokalpuri police station. Multiple teams have been formed to identify and arrest the accused," a senior police officer said.

A forensic team has examined the crime scene and collected evidence, while CCTV camera footage from the vicinity are being scanned to ascertain the sequence of events, the officer said.

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Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.

The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.

According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.

The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.

Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.