Teen objects after boy harasses his niece, is stabbed in Delhi

Two men were arrested for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy in Delhi. The victim was attacked after he objected to one of the suspects' son harassing his niece.

Two men were arrested for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy in Mansarovar Park in Shahdara, on Thursday, the Delhi Police said on Saturday. Police said the victim was allegedly stabbed as he objected to one of the suspects’ son harassing his niece.

According to the police, the incident took place at 5pm on Thursday. (Representational image)

One of the suspects is aged 40, while his brother and the second suspect is aged 27, according to the police.

According to the police, the incident took place at 5pm on Thursday. Deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara), Rohit Meena, said the victim was immediately taken to a nearby hospital and is currently out of danger.

“The 40-year-old’s son, a minor, 16, allegedly harassed the victim’s niece, also a minor, 14, in New modern Shahdara Colony on Thursday. She informed the victim (her uncle) about the incident. The attack happened after the victim confronted the minor for harassing his niece. Later, the father and uncle of the boy interfered in the matter and stabbed the victim,” said Rohit Meena, deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara).

The mother of the girl who was harassed alleged that her daughter was not the first girl the boy had troubled and that the suspects’ family was feared by many in the area. “My daughter is not the first girl that boy has harassed. When people ask the boy’s parents to control his behaviour, they threaten them. My brother-in-law (the victim) and others had gone there to tell the boy’s parents (about the incident) but he was stabbed,” she alleged.