“His birthday was next week…”: Friend of man killed in Delhi road rage

New Delhi:

Just days before his 26th birthday, Sahil Malik was allegedly brutally stabbed to death by some people in a road rage incident in West Delhi’s Nangloi area.

Amanul Haque, who worked with Malik at a car showroom in Udyog Nagar, said, “Sahil’s birthday was on February 20 and we had planned a party or gone somewhere to celebrate, but now everything is over.”

Mr Haq (25) was with Sahil at the time of the incident around 7.20 pm on Tuesday and said he tried to save him.

He said it all started when he was returning from his office in Udyog Nagar and Sahil got a call from his brother Vishal that he was involved in an accident, and was thrashed by some people, who also stole his two-wheeler. damaged.

“When we reached the police station, we came to know about the incident. Vishal’s bike was damaged by the accused people. A policeman asked us to take the bike from the spot,” Mr. Haque said.

They said they went there and were taking pictures and videos of the damaged two-wheeler when eight to nine people came and attacked us.

“Six of them grabbed Sahil and two held my hands. They attacked Sahil with a knife. I took out a brick and tried to kill them. They fled from the spot leaving Sahil injured,” Haque said. ” Knives, rods and sticks.

He said that Sahil fell twice while walking towards his house.

He said, “I was taking him with me towards his house when he fell twice. No one was ready to help us. Later, I took help of a person who carried the injured on his scooter.” Sonia was taken to the hospital.

Haque said, “Sahil was our advisor in the office where I work as a technical advisor. The incident happened around 7.20 pm on Tuesday.”

Mukesh Kumar, who lives in the same area, said that he had last seen the victim about 5 minutes before the incident.

“We saw Vishal’s bike in an accident condition when Sahil was taking it with him. I asked him to take me in a rickshaw and left the area on my scooter. Five minutes later, we came to know that some unknown people He was stabbed and taken to the hospital. If we had stayed there, Sahil would not have died,” Mr Kumar said.

Vishal Malik said that he was returning from the gym when the fight took place.

“There was a truck in front of my bike. When I reversed my bike, a minibus came there. The bus driver started abusing me. There were six to seven people inside the bus. Why is he abusing, then they all got off the bus and a fight broke out. The passengers of the bus pacified the matter. Later the bus driver tried to run over my bike near Nangloi metro station.

He said that he tried to kill them again. “I had fled the spot and went to the police station. Later, my brother also reached the police station when he saw my bike in a damaged condition. I lodged a complaint, following which the policeman asked us to bring the bike. ” When my brother went to collect the bike, the accused assaulted him and later he died,” said Vishal.

Sahil is survived by his father, mother, one elder brother and two sisters.

The victim’s father Shakeel Malik said that Sahil had done a mechanical course and was preparing for MBA. Sahil had told his father that he would apply for a master’s program in March.

There are two weddings in the family next month. Shakeel said, “My niece and nephew are getting married in the first week of March – but the atmosphere of celebration has turned into mourning. We four families live in the same building here.”

According to the police, they were informed about the stabbing incident at 8.10 pm on Tuesday night.

Police said preliminary investigation revealed that Vishal was returning from the gym when he had an argument with the RTV driver after his bike touched the minibus.

The driver of the RTV called his friends and they thrashed Vishal. After this the injured Vishal reached the Nangloi police station and lodged a complaint.

Later Sahil went to the spot to collect the bike. The accused caught hold of Sahil and stabbed him to death.

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