Faridabad, April 10 A 25-year-old man was allegedly killed after an altercation with three youths outside a hotel near the Badarpur border, under the Sarai Khawaja police station area here, an official said on Friday.
It is suspected that the attack was triggered by a dispute related to a love affair, he added.
The police have detained a young man and a woman in connection with the incident, claiming that the main accused, who stabbed the deceased, has been arrested.
The main accused has been identified as Sunny, a resident of Badoli village in Haryana's Palwal, and residing in Santosh Nagar in Faridabad. The knife used in the crime has also been recovered.
However, the family of the deceased alleged that two police personnel from the Sarai Khawaja police station were present when the incident took place, claiming that the police failed to intervene during the incident, but later took the man who stabbed him into custody.
According to police, the deceased – Sachin Mehra, a resident of Surya Vihar colony under Palla police station – worked as a sweeper at a private hospital. Around 11 pm on Thursday, Sachin had gone to the Red Lion Oyo hotel to meet a friend who worked there.
During this time, the three men allegedly followed him to the hotel and started assaulting him outside the establishment. Subsequently, Sunny pulled out a knife and stabbed Sachin repeatedly, leaving him seriously injured.
A police team reached the spot upon receiving information and shifted Sachin to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Police sources said the other two men – identified as Gyasi and Aditya – managed to escape from the scene. The young woman was also reportedly present at the time of the murder.
"An FIR has been registered and the main accused, Sunny, has been arrested. Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had quarrelled with the victim over a love affair with a woman, and attacked him with a knife. We are conducting raids to nab the remaining accused and further investigation is underway," Sarai Khawaja Station House Officer Rakesh Kumar said.
A post-mortem of the body has been conducted and it has been handed over to the deceased's kin, he added.