Unwilling to share food, man stabs another in Delhi, booked

The man who has been arrested was identified as Riyasat Ali, a homeless man, currently residing at the Old Delhi railway station.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a 59-year-old man near Old Delhi railway station; he was on the run after stabbing another man.

Police have also recovered a knife from the accused that he had used to stab the victim. (Shutterstock Image/File Photo)

The two men had fought over sharing salad while having dinner together last week in south Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri, police said, adding that the man who survived the attack was stabbed multiple times until his intestines popped out.

The man who has been arrested was identified as Riyasat Ali, a homeless man, currently residing at the Old Delhi railway station. Police have also recovered a knife from him that he had used to stab the victim, identified as Pawan Singh, a resident of Fatehpur Beri area.

The incident took place on December 8. Police said both Ali and Singh work as labourers at wedding parties and after one such party on December 8 in Faridabad, when they had returned to their godown in Fatehpur Beri they were having dinner with other labourers.

“While dining, Singh asked Ali to pass him the onion salad but Ali refused to share it. Singh got up to take the salad on his own but Ali allegedly did not let him. A fight started between them, and Ali picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed Singh multiple times. He even cut his stomach open causing his intestines to bulge out,” said a senior police officer, who wished not to be named.

Deputy commissioner of police (south) Atul Thakur said Singh was immediately rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre in critical condition. Ali fled the spot before the other labourers could catch him. The matter was reported to the police and a case of attempt to murder was registered.

“Through blurred CCTV camera footage, we had a rough idea about Ali’s build and looks. We learned that Ali is a homeless man. Multiple teams were formed to conduct raids in areas where vagabonds and labourers gather for food or work. After almost ten days of tedious verification of more than 500 labourers and vagabonds, our teams managed zero in on Ali who was spotted on a footpath near Old Delhi Railway station. He was arrested and booked for the crime,” Thakur said.

The DCP said Ali confessed to having stabbed Singh following the fight over not sharing of salad. “The knife he had used was also recovered from him. Singh’s condition is said to be stable,” the officer said.