Man dies after being stabbed 22 times; three held

The incident took place on Wednesday night around 10pm when Mukesh and Rakesh left the hospital after completing their shift and were accompanied by their friend Neeraj.

A man was repeatedly stabbed to death and two others injured, allegedly by two men and a juvenile person on Wednesday night, the police said. The three men were attacked while returning home from Safdarjung hospital where the two injured men work as contractual housekeeping staff. The attackers, police said, also used to work at the hospital but had been replaced by their contractor with the injured men. Police believe that this had motivated the attack on them. All three attackers have been caught, police said.

The man who was killed was identified as Neeraj, and, according to police, he was stabbed 22 times. (HT Archive/FOR REPRESENTATIVE PURPOSES ONLY)

The man who was killed was identified as Neeraj, and, according to police, he was stabbed 22 times.The injured were identified as Mukesh, who sustained 12 stab wounds, and his brother, Rakesh, who was stabbed at least five times. All three were identified only by their first names.

The incident took place on Wednesday night around 10pm when Mukesh and Rakesh left the hospital after completing their shift and were accompanied by their friend Neeraj.

“They had just reached a slum cluster near the hospital where two men, Krishan and Ravi, accompanied by a juvenile person, intercepted them. They had an argument with Mukesh and Rakesh which soon turned violent. As Neeraj intervened, Krishan, Ravi and the juvenile took out knives and stabbed him multiple times. When Mukesh and Rakesh tried to raise the alarm, they too were stabbed. As they collapsed, bleeding profusely, the locals and passersby reported the incident to the police. All three were rushed to Safdarjung hospital where Neeraj was pronounced dead while Mukesh and Rakesh are undergoing treatment,” said a senior police officer, not wishing to be named.

Deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said, “Our probe revealed that Mukesh and Rakesh had been replaced with Krishan and Ravi by their contractor and because of that, they were angry with the duo and that led to the fatal attack on Wednesday.”