<p>The motive-analysis of murder cases registered by the police last year has revealed that a sizable percentage was due to petty issues, such as an infant crying, cricket-related brawls and even street dogs!<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police’s annual report released on Friday says that it also included murders after fights over purchasing curd, slipping off a bike, demanding money for drugs and alcohol, among other petty reasons.<br /><br />In one of the incidents, a one-year-old boy was killed by his father in South Delhi in April when the latter “could not bear the child crying non-stop”. The incident happened at Rangpuri Pahari in Vasant Kunj.<br /><br />“Joginder was arrested for killing his son in a fit of rage because the child did not stop crying. He was drunk,” a police officer had said.<br /><br />Joginder's wife, Kumitra, was not in the house when the incident happened. “When she returned, she found her son Dev dead,” police had said.<br /><br />In the second incident, a 45-year-old physically challenged man was beaten to death by five persons, including two juveniles, in outer Delhi in April.<br /><br />The accused were playing cricket at a park near the house of the victim, Jaswant, while his mother Amrita was standing with one of her grandsons outside. During the course of the game, the ball landed near Amrita.<br /><br />“Amrita told the boys to be more careful as the ball had come close to hitting her grandson. This infuriated the accused, who started arguing with her,” a police officer had said. When Jaswant intervened, the argument took a violent turn and the boys assaulted Jaswant with a bat until he fell to the ground bleeding.<br /><br />Jaswant was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries.<br /><br />In the third incident, a 28-year-old man was stabbed to death over a dispute that stemmed from a fight between street dogs at Mundka in May.<br />Mewa Lal, the victim, was passing by Raj Kumar’s house when street dogs began barking at him.<br /><br />“Bal Mukund, the accused’s grandfather, started arguing with Mewa Lal, accusing him of inciting street dogs to fight with his pet dog, which triggered a scuffle between the two. <br /><br />Bal Mukund slipped and fell on the ground during the fight. Then Kumar brought a knife from his house and stabbed Lal in the chest,” a police officer had said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The motive-analysis of murder cases registered by the police last year has revealed that a sizable percentage was due to petty issues, such as an infant crying, cricket-related brawls and even street dogs!<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police’s annual report released on Friday says that it also included murders after fights over purchasing curd, slipping off a bike, demanding money for drugs and alcohol, among other petty reasons.<br /><br />In one of the incidents, a one-year-old boy was killed by his father in South Delhi in April when the latter “could not bear the child crying non-stop”. The incident happened at Rangpuri Pahari in Vasant Kunj.<br /><br />“Joginder was arrested for killing his son in a fit of rage because the child did not stop crying. He was drunk,” a police officer had said.<br /><br />Joginder's wife, Kumitra, was not in the house when the incident happened. “When she returned, she found her son Dev dead,” police had said.<br /><br />In the second incident, a 45-year-old physically challenged man was beaten to death by five persons, including two juveniles, in outer Delhi in April.<br /><br />The accused were playing cricket at a park near the house of the victim, Jaswant, while his mother Amrita was standing with one of her grandsons outside. During the course of the game, the ball landed near Amrita.<br /><br />“Amrita told the boys to be more careful as the ball had come close to hitting her grandson. This infuriated the accused, who started arguing with her,” a police officer had said. When Jaswant intervened, the argument took a violent turn and the boys assaulted Jaswant with a bat until he fell to the ground bleeding.<br /><br />Jaswant was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries.<br /><br />In the third incident, a 28-year-old man was stabbed to death over a dispute that stemmed from a fight between street dogs at Mundka in May.<br />Mewa Lal, the victim, was passing by Raj Kumar’s house when street dogs began barking at him.<br /><br />“Bal Mukund, the accused’s grandfather, started arguing with Mewa Lal, accusing him of inciting street dogs to fight with his pet dog, which triggered a scuffle between the two. <br /><br />Bal Mukund slipped and fell on the ground during the fight. Then Kumar brought a knife from his house and stabbed Lal in the chest,” a police officer had said.<br /><br /></p>
