Yoga teacher stabbed to death in Ambala Cantt

His elder sister Kamlesh Kumari said that around Sunday evening, Nikhil Dhawan, 29, Anshul, 28, and Ashok, 26, who own a meat shop near their residence, had a verbal spat with their neighbours. Mano Ram was taken to sub-divisional civil hospital, where he was declared brought dead, while his sister was given treatment.

A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by three men, hours after he had mediated an altercation outside an eatery owned by the latter, police said on Monday.

Mano Ram, a private yoga teacher based in Ambala Cantonment’s Sundar Nagar area, who was stabbed to death. (HT Photo)

The deceased was identified as Mano Ram, a private yoga teacher based in Ambala Cantonment’s Sundar Nagar area.

His elder sister Kamlesh Kumari said that around Sunday evening, Nikhil Dhawan, 29, Anshul, 28, and Ashok, 26, who own a meat shop near their residence, had a verbal spat with their neighbours.

“My brother intervened and asked them not to fight. Around 9:30 pm, when he was returning home and had crossed the shop, the trio surrounded him and opened attack. Nikhil stabbed him with a knife (meat chopper) on the left side of his chest, while the two others thrashed him. When I reached there to save my brother, Nikhil attacked me with the knife too,” Kamlesh said in her police complaint.

Mano Ram was taken to sub-divisional civil hospital, where he was declared brought dead, while his sister was given treatment.

Station in-charge inspector Jeet Singh said, “The case was lodged and the woman is stable. Raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.”