Overview
- The Rani Bagh killing, reported late Friday, left 17-year-old Nikhil Yadav dead and a friend injured, and police said a minor suspect and an associate are in custody with the knife recovered.
- In Dayalpur on Wednesday night, 16-year-old Subhan Malik was found fatally stabbed after being lured from home, and three juveniles were apprehended as investigators examine a claimed bullying motive.
- Outer-north Bawana saw a Wednesday night attack that killed factory worker Pramod, 32, after he refused to hand over ₹2,000, and police said three minors were picked up and the knife was seized.
- At a DDA park near JPC Hospital in New Usmanpur, where police received a call on Wednesday, officers identified 17-year-old Zaid and arrested four juveniles who cited old enmity, with two knives recovered.
- Across the cases, police teams used CCTV, phone surveillance and forensic exams, registered murder cases under India’s new criminal code, and families pressed for harsh penalties with some urging that the accused be tried as adults.