<p>Two persons were killed while resisting robbery attempts in two separate incidents in south-east and north-east Delhi in the past 24 hours. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The first incident was reported from Okhla in south-east Delhi, where an 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death by a group of unknown assailants on Sunday night.<br /><br />While police claimed that the victim, identified as Sarvesh Kumar, was killed over personal enmity, his family members and neighbours said he was killed for resisting a robbery attempt. <br /><br />“A case of murder has been filed with Amar Colony police station, and efforts are on to nab the culprits,” said a senior police officer.<br /><br />Kumar used to sell snacks near Okhla vegetable market, and lived with family in Harkesh Nagar.<br /><br />On Sunday night, he went to Okhla railway station, where some assailants cornered him and attempted to rob him.<br /><br />Witnesses told police that Kumar resisted the robbery bid, and in the process got stabbed by the assailants.<br /><br />Even after suffering severe stab wounds, he ran towards the nearby Kiran slum cluster and screamed for help. <br /><br />The assailants followed him, and left only when they saw some locals rushing in. “Sarvesh was taken to a nearby hospital immediately, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. His mobile phone and some cash were missing from his pocket,” said the officer.<br />Courier agent murdered<br /><br />A 26-year-old courier agent was stabbed to death by some robbers, who snatched his mobile phone and some cash in north-east Delhi’s Seemapuri on Sunday night.<br /><br />The victim, identified as Ramesh Saini, had gone to Dwarka on Sunday evening for some office work.<br /><br />He was returning home when the robbers waylaid him and attempted to rob him. His throat was slit when he resisted the attempt. <br /><br />“We suspect that he was killed in a robbery bid,” said the police officer. Saini lived in Loni in Ghaziabad with his family, and used to work in a courier company. He had gone to Dwarka to meet a client.<br /><br />“He took the Metro to Dilshad Garden. As he was heading towards a bus stand to catch a vehicle for Loni, he was attacked and killed by the unidentified assailants,” said the officer. His body was handed over to family members after a post-mortem at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital.</p>
<p>Two persons were killed while resisting robbery attempts in two separate incidents in south-east and north-east Delhi in the past 24 hours. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The first incident was reported from Okhla in south-east Delhi, where an 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death by a group of unknown assailants on Sunday night.<br /><br />While police claimed that the victim, identified as Sarvesh Kumar, was killed over personal enmity, his family members and neighbours said he was killed for resisting a robbery attempt. <br /><br />“A case of murder has been filed with Amar Colony police station, and efforts are on to nab the culprits,” said a senior police officer.<br /><br />Kumar used to sell snacks near Okhla vegetable market, and lived with family in Harkesh Nagar.<br /><br />On Sunday night, he went to Okhla railway station, where some assailants cornered him and attempted to rob him.<br /><br />Witnesses told police that Kumar resisted the robbery bid, and in the process got stabbed by the assailants.<br /><br />Even after suffering severe stab wounds, he ran towards the nearby Kiran slum cluster and screamed for help. <br /><br />The assailants followed him, and left only when they saw some locals rushing in. “Sarvesh was taken to a nearby hospital immediately, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. His mobile phone and some cash were missing from his pocket,” said the officer.<br />Courier agent murdered<br /><br />A 26-year-old courier agent was stabbed to death by some robbers, who snatched his mobile phone and some cash in north-east Delhi’s Seemapuri on Sunday night.<br /><br />The victim, identified as Ramesh Saini, had gone to Dwarka on Sunday evening for some office work.<br /><br />He was returning home when the robbers waylaid him and attempted to rob him. His throat was slit when he resisted the attempt. <br /><br />“We suspect that he was killed in a robbery bid,” said the police officer. Saini lived in Loni in Ghaziabad with his family, and used to work in a courier company. He had gone to Dwarka to meet a client.<br /><br />“He took the Metro to Dilshad Garden. As he was heading towards a bus stand to catch a vehicle for Loni, he was attacked and killed by the unidentified assailants,” said the officer. His body was handed over to family members after a post-mortem at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital.</p>
