Overview
- Akash, 25, a local hawker, was chased and stabbed more than 13 times in Mangolpuri on Wednesday evening, according to CCTV footage.
- Video shows bystanders watching without intervening before an elderly resident tried to confront the attackers with a stick.
- Delhi Police say five suspects, including four juveniles, have been apprehended, a case has been registered, and the weapon used—a knife—has been recovered.
- Investigators used surveillance cameras to identify the accused and are conducting interrogations alongside post-mortem and forensic procedures.
- Accounts of the attackers’ number differ, with CCTV indicating four to five assailants while an eyewitness claimed seven to eight and mentioned a pistol, which police have not confirmed.