Birthday party ends with song request, and a stabbing by the DJ

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DCP (west) Vijay Kumar confirmed the incident and said they have arrested Bisht, who had been working there since January. They have also recovered the knife allegedly used in the crime.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Ishpreet said he met Vijaydeep over a year ago, when he had joined his gym. “We became good friends. My fiancee Harmeet Kaur also joined his gym; we had gone out together on several occasions. I called Vijaydeep and others to attend my birthday party at the club. We had booked a table and they had told us the music will stop at 12.30 am,” he said.

“We reached around 8 pm and were dancing on the third floor, while the DJ was playing on the fourth floor. We had drinks and paid a Rs 14,000 bill, around 11.50 pm. Then Vijaydeep and I went to the washroom,” he said.

Harmeet alleged, “Sanju wanted to dedicate a Punjabi song to Ishpreet, and he requested the DJ to play it as he had only been playing Hindi music. He went upstairs and asked the DJ, but he refused and pushed him away. We tried to intervene but their bouncers started misbehaving with us.” Sanju alleged, “I only requested him to play one last song for us. He said no and claimed the music shuts at 12.05 am. He hit me as well.”

Harmeet further alleged, “Vijaydeep was stabbed thrice, and they switched off the lights. We somehow managed to leave,” she said. Police said a PCR call was made around 12.30 am and a team rushed Vijaydeep to the hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Kaur is recovering in a hospital.