Delivery boy apprehended for stabbing another teenager to death after argument in Delhi

“Upon arrival, the police found a male with a stab wound to his left chest and blood stains around the scene. The deceased was later identified as a 16-year-old domestic help from Bihar’s Madhubani district who had been working in the area for the past one week,” he said.

The boy’s body was shifted to Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

A murder case was registered on December 30, 2024, under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 103(1) at Timarpur police station. Through the analysis of local intelligence and footage from 25 CCTV cameras around the crime scene, the police identified the minor suspect and traced his movements before apprehending him on December 31 from Timarpur.

“During interrogation, he confessed that an argument had escalated into a violent altercation with the victim, leading him to stab the victim,” said Additional DCP Verma, adding that the accused worked as a delivery boy and had known the victim for about two weeks. “The victim allegedly harassed him by taking his delivery items.”

The police said they recovered from the minor’s home the murder weapon—a blood-stained knife—as well as clothes worn by him during the crime. Further investigations are underway in the case.