Overview
- The 18-year-old, attacked in a narrow Bhalswa Dairy lane Thursday around 7:30 pm, was taken to a hospital by a friend and declared dead on arrival.
- Police registered a murder case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the new criminal code that covers homicide.
- Crime and forensic teams examined the site and seized evidence, including two abandoned motorcycles found near the lane.
- Officers are reviewing CCTV and other digital data to identify the attackers, with no arrests reported by Friday evening.
- The victim’s mother alleged prior death threats and a past plea for help, which police say concerned different people and was unrelated to this killing.