The New Indian Express ·
E-rickshaw driver stabbed to death in New Delhi; family blocks road with body
NEW DELHI: Scores of people blocked a road in outer-north Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area on Sunday with the body of an e-rickshaw driver, who was allegedly stabbed to death by assailants, police said.
According to police, unidentified bike-borne men attacked 25-year-old Abhishek. The accused fled the scene after stabbing him, police said.
“Following the incident, family members and locals gathered on Sunday and kept Abhishek's body on a road, blocking traffic and demanding justice for him. Senior police officers, including the outernorth Delhi additional deputy commissioner of police, reached the spot and spoke to the protesting family members. The officers assured the family that proper action would be taken in the case, following which the relatives agreed to take the body for cremation,” police said.
