Three more suspects arrested in Delhi University student murder case
New Delhi (IANS) | Delhi Police has arrested three more suspects, including a juvenile, in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old Delhi University student on June 18. An official provided this information on Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Yash (18) and Talim (19), students of School of Open Learning, Aryabhatta College.
The suspects were nabbed following raids in the national capital, the official said. Suspect Talim has claimed that he was not involved in stabbing Nikhil.
Earlier, the police had arrested Rahul (19) of Bindapur and Haroon (19) of Janakpuri in connection with Nikhil’s murder.
According to the officer, Rahul is also a BA first year student while Haroon is Rahul’s friend but has dropped out of school.
We have also identified two more people involved in the incident, the official said.
On Sunday, he received a call from the hospital about the stabbing incident. The caller informed the police that a student had been stabbed in the chest, he was brought to the hospital and doctors declared him brought dead.
A team was sent and it was learned that Nikhil Chauhan (19), a resident of Paschim Vihar, was admitted, police said. He was brought from Aryabhatta College.
On enquiry, police learned that Nikhil was a first year BA (Hons) Political Science student at SOL.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that on June 11, Rahul, Yash and Raj Singh were with a girl in the canteen of Aryabhatta College, South Campus, when Bunty made a comment on them, following which a fight broke out.
Meanwhile, Nikhil came there along with his girlfriend and intervened, said sources. During this his girlfriend was allegedly slapped by one of them.
–IANS
