23-yr-old man stabbed to death by over dozen men in Delhi, 9 arrested
New Delhi, Nov 28: A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by over a dozen men in full public view while a bystander also died in the attack in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh, police said Wednesday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) Aslam Khan said the main accused, Nikhil Sharma, and eight others have been arrested.
There were around 15 people involved in the attack, she said, adding that Sharma owns a motorcycle showroom in Shalimar village.
The 23-year-old victim, Tanish Kwatra, and Sharma were part of two local groups and shared cold vibes.
On Monday, Kwatra's scooter brushed past the scooter of Govinda, who is Sharma's friend and a quarrel ensued, the DCP said.
Govinda called Sharma while Kwatra asked his eight to nine friends to come to the spot.
Kwatra's group thrashed Sharma and his friend Govinda, police said.
Later, Kwatra and Sharma's mothers intervened in the matter and asked both of them to reach a compromise, police said, adding that though Sharma reconciled with Kwatra, he planned to exact revenge for his insult.
Sharma called his friends from Jahangirpuri, Mahendra Park and other adjoining areas to chalk out a plan.
On Tuesday, they found Kwatra talking to a couple of his friends, and called him in the corner to have a word with him, police said.
Kwatra thought they would not harm him since they had already reached a compromise and went towards them. They surrounded him and started thrashing him, police said.
Soon he started running away and was chased by Sharma and his friends.
While the accused persons were chasing him, Pawan (22), who was walking on the road, received a stab injury in the back, police said.
He managed to get out of the way and even walked up to his home where his family members saw him bleeding and rushed him to a hospital.
Kwatra rushed inside a shop and was stabbed twice by the attackers, police said.
According to police, other accused persons in the case have also been identified and will be nabbed soon.
Pawan succumbed to injury on Wednesday morning. He was working at the Delhi Airport.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
